Here's the secret tech lobbyists don't want you to know:
The H-1B law doesn't require employers to seek local talent for their US job openings before recruiting abroad.
The DOL's Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2006-2011 (pg. 35) states: "...H-1B workers may be hired even when a qualified U.S. worker wants the job, and a U.S. worker can be displaced from the job in favor of the foreign worker."
The Federal Register, dated June 30, 2006, Section II, paragraph 4, "the statute does not require employers...to demonstrate that there are no available US workers or to test the labor market for US workers as required under the permanent labor certification program."
Q: I didn't know that job advertisements could call for H-1B's only. Is that legal?
A: The Department of Justice doesn't think so. They are prosecuting companies that advertise this way. On the other hand, the Department of Labor says that the H-1B laws are written so that qualfied Americans never need to be considered for these positions.
Q: I didn't know there's a move on Capitol Hill to expand this program. Who's against this expansion?
A: Bright Future - a Chicago-based lobbying organziation that YOU can join and support. And H-1B technical professionals. They are offered lower salaries and have been facing high unemployment, just like American technical professionals. If the program is expanded, it will only result in higher unemployment levels for Americans and H-1Bs.
The Solution: Contact Congress -- ask your Congressman to co-sponsor DADA - the Defend the American Dream Act! Join Bright Future -- together we CAN fight the big companies.
