The Senate Judiciary committee approved of a Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) plan to sell high tech work visa's and green cards to big businesses. The deal includes going back to 1991 and counting up all the unused visa's and then selling them to companies for $500 a pop.
This is an outrageous violation of fair immigration practice and a direct attack on high tech workers in this country.
The American people deserve better than these peddlers to big business and the sellout of the constituents who put these asshats in Congress.
I am not the only one outraged by this. NumbersUSA had this to say.
“Senators Specter and Kennedy’s plan is a travesty to American students studying to enter scientific, engineering and high-tech fields, as well as to those Americans who have worked hard to become masters of their craft,” said Roy Beck, Executive Director of NumbersUSA. “Selling huge numbers of additional jobs to foreign workers adds insult to injury for American citizens who are already having a difficult time finding full-time employment in their professional field at a family wage.”
The plan was devised to satisfy the requirement for each congressional committee to come up with spending cuts or revenue increases to offset the profligate spending in recent years by Congress and the President. Senators Specter and Kennedy’s proposal sells hundreds of thousands of high-skilled American jobs over the next several years to corporations that will then be allowed to import additional foreign workers instead of hiring Americans. A portion of the jobs will be given for three to six years to foreign workers, and the rest of the jobs will be taken away from American workers forever by importing permanent foreign workers.
“It is truly unfortunate and tragic that the Judiciary Committee has decided to balance their part of the budget mess on the backs of unemployed and underemployed high-tech and other professional workers,” said Beck. “This action sends the message to American students that if they pursue a specialized field, they may not be able to find jobs in the U.S. This plan will cost corporations $500 per visa, but will cost American workers their livelihoods.”
While any amount is a disgrace, $500 dollars is an insult to anyone in the high tech field. "Hey you, that money you spent on college to learn something, well it's only worth $500 bucks, so go screw yourself!"
If you are as pissed as I am you can call these Senators and voice your displeasure of the sellout of the American worker. Their numbers are listed below (courtesy of NumbersUSA
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Pennsylvania
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Sen. Specter, Arlen
(202-224-4254)
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Delaware
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Sen. Biden, Joseph
(202-224-5042)
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Illinois
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Sen. Durbin, Richard
(202-224-2152)
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Kansas
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Sen. Brownback, Sam
(202-224-6521)
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Massachusetts
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Sen. Kennedy, Edward
(202-224-4543)
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New York
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Sen. Schumer, Charles
(202-224-6542)
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Ohio
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Sen. DeWine, Mike
(202-224-2315)
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Pennsylvania
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Sen. Specter, Arlen
(202-224-4254)
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South Carolina
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Sen. Graham, Lindsey
(202-224-5972)
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Texas
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Sen. Cornyn, John
(202-224-2934)
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Utah
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Sen. Hatch, Orrin
(202-224-5251)
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Vermont
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Sen. Leahy, Patrick
(202-224-4242)
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Wisconsin
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Sen. Feingold, Russell
(202-224-5323)
Sen. Kohl, Herb
(202-224-5653)
