Thread: GOP senators go to bat for foreign workers S.D.U.T.

San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial

Holding firm

GOP senators go to bat for foreign workers

2:00 a.m. May 13, 2009

Comprehensive reform is the only way fix America's broken immigration system, but it's crucial that both political parties have a say in how to get there.

But with Democrats in control of Congress, and their sponsors in organized labor emboldened and eager to control the process, there is a very real danger that any compromise that emerges will be unworkable from the start. Some Democrats feel as if they don't need Republican votes, and organized labor doesn't feel as if it has to give up any concessions to business groups.

Both are wrong. Democrats may control the majority of seats in the House and Senate, but a good number of those seats are held by conservative “blue dogsâ€

I say let Berlusconi get trapped in an elevator with the two AZ senators...

McCain, Kyl, hello?
We have temporary worker visas coming out the kazoo:
Overview and Types of Visas (Classifications)

The Immigration and Nationality Act provides several categories of nonimmigrant visas for a person who wishes to work temporarily in the United States. If you want to work in the U.S. temporarily, under immigration law, you need a specific visa based on the purpose of your travel and type of work you will be doing. To learn more, please see Temporary Workers and Employers-Hiring a Foreign National for Short-Term Employment and Employer Information on the USCIS website.

There are annual numerical limits on some classifications, which are shown in parentheses. See Employer Information on the USCIS website for information about the numerical limit CAP count, e-Verify, employment authorization, and more.

H-1B classification applies to persons in a specialty occupation which requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge requiring completion of a specific course of higher education. This classification requires a labor attestation issued by the Secretary of Labor (65,000). This classification also applies to Government-to-Government research and development, or co-production projects administered by the Department of Defense (100);

H-1C classification applies to foreign nurses coming to perform nursing services in medically underserved areas for a temporary period up to three years. The Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 (NRDAA) has been reauthorized for an additional three years, and will expire on December 20, 2009. To learn more about the reauthorization of the H-1C program, see Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Press Release.

H-2A classification applies to temporary or seasonal agricultural workers;

H-2B classification applies to temporary or seasonal nonagricultural workers. This classification requires a temporary labor certification issued by the Secretary of Labor (66,000);

H-3 classification applies to trainees other than medical or academic. This classification also applies to practical training in the education of handicapped children (50);

L classification applies to intracompany transferees who, within the three preceding years, have been employed abroad continuously for one year, and who will be employed by a branch, parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of that same employer in the U.S. in a managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge capacity;

O-1 classification applies to persons who have extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or extraordinary achievements in the motion picture and television field;

O-2 classification applies to persons accompanying an O-1 alien to assist in an artistic or athletic performance for a specific event or performance;

P-1 classification applies to individual or team athletes, or members of an entertainment group that are internationally recognized (25,000);

P-2 classification applies to artists or entertainers who will perform under a reciprocal exchange program;

P-3 classification applies to artists or entertainers who perform under a program that is culturally unique (same as P-1); and

Q-1 classification applies to participants in an international cultural exchange program for the purpose of providing practical training, employment, and the sharing of the history, culture, and traditions of the alien's home country.

One person who recognizes the value in competition is former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, who recently told a Senate panel that low-skilled foreign workers, both legal and illegal, actually benefit U.S. workers by forcing them to be more productive.

How does the SDUT stay in business by continuing to attack American workers like this? You know what "forcing them to be more productive" means? Working harder for less money!! Competing directly with everyone in the world!!!

Everything you and your ancestors worked, fought, and died for was for nothing, Greenspan and the SDUT thinks Americans should work for Mexican or even Chinese wages (plus shipping costs)!!!

Mc cain and Kyle are dangerous. The problem is the RNC in AZ will not run anyone against them. We are stuck with these two open border senators. They are both a disgrace and are certainly the problem with the RNC today. They are not conservative and they do not have this Countries best interest in mind. They will be the first to give amnesty.

Everything you and your ancestors worked, fought, and died for was for nothing, Greenspan and the SDUT thinks Americans should work for Mexican or even Chinese wages (plus shipping costs)!!!

Exactly. And sorry, you can't blame Americans if they think our life style is too great compared to others. Try popping up a tent at your local river, go fishing and start a fire to cook it and see what happens. Most of this was mandated on us in one way or another, for safety, health, the sake of the children, whatever etc, and decades of consume, consume, consume, and constant new standards to force you to upgrade if you wanted to or not. We are set to a totally different standard in everything we do and this country has found every possible way to make sure we must pay dearly for every single sliver of it, and must have it, if we are to survive here.. I don't think it's quite like that in these other 3rd world countries. Our quality of life is better because we pay dearly for it. You can't rent a camp site for the day, for what these people want to pay.....not to mention, wasn't it those wise A$$es who said the wonders of globalization was to bring these countries UP? Not drag us down.

Originally Posted by Bowman

One person who recognizes the value in competition is former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, who recently told a Senate panel that low-skilled foreign workers, both legal and illegal, actually benefit U.S. workers by forcing them to be more productive.

How does the SDUT stay in business by continuing to attack American workers like this? You know what "forcing them to be more productive" means? Working harder for less money!! Competing directly with everyone in the world!!!

Everything you and your ancestors worked, fought, and died for was for nothing, Greenspan and the SDUT thinks Americans should work for Mexican or even Chinese wages (plus shipping costs)!!!

The San Diego Union Tribune is actually very anti-union in dealing with their workers.

The old owners had already let some people go and the new owners just fired 190 more people.

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