From Rob Sanchez' Job Destruction Newsletter.
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<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1748 -- 8/31/2007 >>>>>

The Lou Dobbs show had an excellent report yesterday about the new push to
get the yearly H-1B cap raised. They named many high tech companies in
Silicon Valley that are going back to Washington DC to lobby for more H-1B
visas, while at the same time announcing huge layoffs.

I posted a video clip of the show on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPblKUSX4UY

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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/ ... dt.01.html

Coming up next: America's business elite says they want more visas to
import workers. We will tell you if there really is a shortage of workers
or just another front on the war on the middle class.

And a new crackdown on employers of illegal aliens, the outcry over
matching Social Security numbers to actual employees. We will have a
special report, all that, when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

ROMANS: Congress isn't even back in Washington yet, but big business is
already lobbying.

As Bill Tucker reports, corporate America is pushing for more H- 1B visas,
so it can import even more cheap foreign labor, all at the expense of
middle-class workers.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BILL TUCKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At the end of July, Sun
Microsystems announced it will fire an unspecified number of workers by the
end of the year. Intel this month began firing 1,000 workers in New Mexico.
Earlier this week, EarthLink announced it will fire 900 workers.

But at the same time, some high-tech executives renewed their call this
week for more foreign workers on H-1B visas, which are guest worker visas
for temporary workers with specialized skills. Workers groups are up in
arms.

DAVE COHEN, AFL-CIO: A lot of us thought the immigration effort died a
month or two months ago when Congress went out. High-tech moguls, the
high-tech billionaires have not given up. People who are concerned about
their employment, their wages, their children's futures need to be heard by
Congress next week. Happy Labor Day.

TUCKER: Bill Gates made his position very clear when he testified to
Congress earlier this year and was asked if there should be any limits on
the H-1B program.

BILL GATES, FOUNDER, MICROSOFT: I don't think there should be any limit.

TUCKER: On its Web site, Sun states -- quote -- "Overly restrictive caps on
temporary visas such as the H-1B pose a serious and ongoing obstacle for
high-tech companies battling to stay competitive."

What Microsoft and other companies would be happy to see is a doubling of
the size of the program, as had been proposed under the now failed
comprehensive immigration reform legislation.

Lobbyists for the tech companies, joined with groups like the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, will renew that push when Congress goes back into session.
That's an impressive and a well-funded effort.

Loosely organized worker groups say they are overmatched.

KIM BERRY, THE PROGRAMMERS GUILD: They can dump $1 million or $10 million,
hire a lobbying firm and go hit all of the senators back in Washington. We
can't do that.

TUCKER: The official cap on the H-1B program is 65,000 with an additional
20,000 except from the cap.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TUCKER: One of the most basic lures of the H-1B program? Cost. In the
technology field, the median wage paid to an H-1B worker is $12,000 a year
less than the wage of an American worker, Christine, in the same job and in
the same location. So, we're not doing apples to oranges.

ROMANS: So, let me get it straight. You know, as long as these CEOs want --
you pointed out that there have been some job layoffs in the high-tech
world. So, as long as these CEOs want to try to find an American worker
first, then fine, right? When they prove there is not an American who can
do the job, then they can go overseas.

TUCKER: And you have just stepped right into the biggest myth of this
program, Christine, which is it doesn't -- it's not a requirement. All you
have to say is you want to hire this H-1B worker. There's no requirement
that you have gone out and...

ROMANS: This H-1B worker at $12,000, on average, less than what the
American worker costs.

TUCKER: Right. So, I can't imagine why they would want to do that.

ROMANS: I can't imagine either, Bill.

All right, thanks, Bill Tucker.

Well, that brings us to the subject of tonight's poll. Do you believe
American companies are telling the truth when they claim there's a lack of
qualified talent in the U.S. for the high-tech industry, yes or no? Cast
your votes at LouDobbs.com. We will bring you the results later in the
broadcast.


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