I feel like I'm posting a lot of editorial type articles instead of regular news and yet the editorials are everywhere. I think it's a good sign!
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http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/15454.asp

There is no difference between illegal immigration, H1B visa and outsourcing – all are part of a welfare system and corporate giveout for inefficient businesses
Special Correspondent
Feb. 6, 2007





The basic fact is simple. Illegal immigration, H1B visa and outsourcing are equally bad. There is not much difference between them. It does not matter whether you are Republican, Democrat, liberal or conservative. It does not matter whether you are from China, Brazil or India. Depriving someone of their basic rights is bad. Americans are getting cheated of a decent livelihood. The small and large businesses are abusing the aliens. You talk about it, ‘they’ will attack you. They hire people who can take out ‘noise makers’ in the system. They attack you on the Internet. They attack you in the street. They will do everything they can stop you. But at the end of the day they find themselves helpless. There are some people who are honest and are not afraid to speak the truth.

Indian and Chinese oligarchs say it is part of globalization. Western oligarchs hire ‘characters’ that come in and spread rumors and controversy to hush up what you want to say. Yes, there is no difference between illegal immigration, H1B visa and outsourcing and anyone with any common sense understands that. It is bad for American and European economy and common people in the Western nations. It is bad for India and China because on the long run it works an ‘Opium’ of the new millennium. It is bad for aliens who are abused. It is bad for American corporations who survive with corporate welfare from the Government. How long can they survive on cheap labor from India or China? A business model that depends on exploitation and illegal behavior is bound to fall apart sooner or later.

When Lou Dobbs talks against outsourcing and illegal immigration, they leave him alone – no matter how much he makes on these hypes. You tell the truth, they will stage vicious attacks on you because you have the courage to speak the truth. And, they know you are not part of the system that gains from illegal immigration, H1B visa and outsourcing.

let us examine why H1B should be stopped. If you want to hire a human being, you should be prepared to treat the person as human being. When you bring someone from India or another country in his early twenties, you should not think he or she is a slave. The person is a human being. He expects not just some dollars or euros, he wants to settle down in an industrialized nation with dignity. After reaching thirty and living in America or Europe for six years, it is not possible to return back to India or China. Because if he returns back to these emerging nations, he is considered ‘alien’ over there. He needs a green card and citizenship to settle. If you cannot provide that, do not exploit this naïve Indian or Chinese or person from another country. No one leaves their own culture and country for some dollars and euro. America attracts aliens because they look for permanent better life.

Illegal immigration should be stopped for ever. The H1B should be stopped forever. It is immoral and illegal to exploit human beings. At the same time, if a small number of talented people are required in some genuine cases where suitable American citizens cannot be found, then these alien workers should be provided green card and path to citizenship the moment they enter the country. That will gurantee two things. First, these aliens are not exploited by the sponsoring American Corporation. Second, the American corporation has no incentive to deprive an American citizen from a decent job and import an alien worker.

Exploitation of aliens and cheating American citizens are bad. Every American citizen has the right to live in his or her country with dignity. Every Chinese in China and Indian in India also have the right to live a decent life in their own nation. It is unfair to cheat Americans of their jobs by exporting well paid jobs abroad. It is also wrong to lower the wages by allowing illegal immigration and import of cheap talents on H1B visa.