Displacing American Professionals–Why The H-1B Quota Gets Used Up In One Day
[John Miano]

This year’s H-1B quota got used up in one day and employers are engaged in the usual whining that they cannot find people and that the lack of H-1B visas will prevent them from growing their business.

Today’s whiner is Development Design Group [Email them: info@ddg-usa.com ] in Baltimore. The Washington Post has an article that features the company’s difficulty finding workers. [For Visas, The Demand Outstrips The Supply, By Pamela Constable, April 21, 2008: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02135.html ]

The CEO of the company, Roy Higgs, is quoted as saying [color=red][b]“Some people think this is just about bringing in cheap labor, but it’s not. We offer the same salaries and perks whether you’re from Baltimore or Bangladesh . . . but we simply cannot find enough qualified U.S.-born staff to fuel our growth.â€