Lou Dobbs Show, CNN Interview with Donna Conroy, Director Cook County Urges H1-B Reform Aired Sept. 19, 2007
Cook County Urges H1-B Reform September 18, 2007
One of the largest county governments in the nation voted on Tuesday to open the H-1b visa-hiring program to US citizens and legal residents – in opposition to 13 governors who earlier this week urged Congress to expand the program, without ever requiring employers to seek local talent for top-dollar, white-collar jobs. more...
Exposé: DOL Documents Report that Employers Can Bypass & Displace Local Talent January 4, 2007 (Washington, DC)
..."That's because a small organization dedicated to helping American workers get jobs for which American companies are now importing foreign immigrants has uncovered a 2006 document demonstrating that letting foreigners take jobs Americans could fill is in fact the policy of the Bush Administration. more...
03/07/08 - BFJ quoted in Phoenix Journal
Arizona tech firms want more foreign knowledge workers
Friday, March 7, 2008
The Business Journal ...
You can restore equal opportunity to the US workforce. Start by inviting your Senator to co-sponsor (S1035) "The H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007". It will reform the H1-B hiring program in three important ways:
requires employers to recruit from the US workforce first
requires employers to attest that the H-1B visa holder will not displace an American worker
requires that companies advertise the job opening for 30 days on the DOL web site before resorting to the H1-B program
The American who loses the job (or never gets the opportunity to compete for top dollar, white-collar jobs)
The H-1B worker who has paid for the work visa, suffers low wages, is chronically unemployed, and is beholden to their former employer for paperwork to become employed again.
Businesses using American labor can't compete with companies using H-1B labor.
The entire nation loses as salaries go down and employers demand more work for less pay because they know they can replace Americans with cheaper foreign labor.