Thread: Obama will probably support more H-1B and greencards

We can be sure that the Obama campaign is now getting lots of money from the AeA, which is behind increased greencards and visa for foreign workers in high-tech.

We can expect that he will continue to support increases in H-1B and greencards.

The following is the latest newsletter from Rob Sanchez:

<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1900 -- 8/12/2008 >>>>>

The Obama campaign goes to great lengths to spread the myth that all of his
campaign funding is generated by small donations from the little people.
Check this load of BS, direct from his website:

https://donate.barackobama.com/page/con ... medropdown

This campaign is about building a different kind of politics.
We don't take money from Washington lobbyists or special-interest
political action committees. Instead, our broad base of
individual donors ensures that this campaign answers to no one but
the people.


So, where is his money really coming from? Well, for starters, it appears
that senior staff from the Obama campaign are diving for dollars with the
high-tech robber barons at the AeA; who say on their mission statement that
they engage in "State, Federal & International Lobbying". While you are
visiting their website, be sure and check out the powerful high-tech
multi-national corporations that AeA represents.

http://www.aeanet.org/AboutAeA/AeAMissionStatement.asp

I have written numerous newsletters about the role that the AeA has played
in lobbying in favor of H-1B and more outsourcing so this newsletter won't
belabor the point here. You can search the archives for AeA if you are an
H-1B history buff.

The important thing to know is that the Obama campaign is getting very cozy
with the AeA, and that's a very disturbing but not surprising trend. All of
this means that we can expect Obama to continue to support guest worker
visas like H-1B, mass immigration of cheap laborers, and the expansion of
free trade agreements.

Don't rush out to vote for McCain though!

It looks like the AeA is about to put their hooks into him also. McCain has
already been bought off by big Silicon Valley businesses (see newsletter
"McCain welcomed in Silicon Valley but flops in Phoenix", No. 1871 --
5/28/200 but that's unlikely to stop the AeA from getting their own piece
of McCain.

Be sure to read the last paragraph of the article below for the AeA take on
McCain.


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http://www.aeanet.org/events/gadd_obama ... veness.asp

Sen. Obama's Top Aides at AeA
As part of AeA?s continuing outreach to the campaigns of presidential
candidates, senior staff to Sen. Barack Obama met with over 70 executives
from the high-tech industry, US universities, and technology professional
societies to discuss Sen. Obama's positions on innovation and
competitiveness. The meeting this week at AeA's David Packard Conference
Center in Washington, DC, included Pete Rouse, Chief of Staff, and Karen
Kornbluh, Policy Director. The meeting was conducted in partnership with
the Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, which is co-chaired by
AeA and Intel Corporation.


After Mr. Rouse and Ms. Kornbluh outlined Sen. Obama?s competitiveness
agenda, industry representatives stressed key competitiveness points
including:

The importance of improved math and science education at both elementary
school and university levels
The need to increase spending on government-funded basic research and
development
The urgency of reforming the county?s policies on H-1B visas and green
cards
The need to make permanent the R&D tax credit
The importance of addressing increased health care costs for US companies,
making them less competitive in the global market

At the conclusion of the meeting, the Obama advisors expressed a desire to
follow-up on this meeting to get more specifics on the policy agenda "that
will work to improve the US economy and our global competitiveness."
Representatives from AeA in Washington, DC, are flying to Chicago next week
to continue these discussions and AeA will host a smaller group of
high-tech industry representatives for a meeting in Washington in early
August to present a more detailed agenda to the campaign staff.

AeA President Chris Hansen offered his assistance to arrange meetings with
company CEOs around the country and Obama advisors in order to gain a
broader context for the high-tech policy agenda. AeA has made the same
offer to Sen. McCain?s campaign.

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Obama is basicly a totally open borders guy. It's not just finding a job anymore.....I think he expects us to migrate globally in search of our minimum wage jobs.