H1B visas

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while looking into the subject to answer a question for a friend i came across a website that is very informative, if a bit out of date.

http://www.zazona.com/shameh1b/

is a website that the libtards on this site will not appreciate, but it explains rather well how the H1B developed in the USA, how it is being used, and how it is being abused. effectively, H1B is an indentured servitude that allows US based companies to put the bottom line ahead of the needs of US citizens, enabling the replacement of full salary citizens with discounted foreign replacement. statute is supposed to exist to protect American jobs, to protect wages for imported workers, and to validate hte value of the workers being imported, but it seems the loopholes outnumber the loops. in the real world most companies are exempt from job search requirements designed to identify American job applicants, US cits are laid off and replaced by indians and chinese across the hall with slightly different job titles, imported workers are paid 20-40% less than the US citizens they are replacing, and teh people getting the jobs are using falsified documentation (degrees, work experience, etc). and the problem is just getting worse, with about 1 million H1B holders now in the USA taking jobs away from qualified American workers by accepting a lower salary and an inability to leave their employer without losing immigration status.

read the site links. it's an education. a few quotes from lnks to whet your appetite:

http://www.tindallfoster.com/immigrationresources/immigrationinthenews/predatory.pdf

U.S. consular officials said last year that 21 percent of H-1B applications it received contained some kind of fraudulent information -- forged college degrees, doctored

resumes, phony work experience or phantom job offers...Here's how the scheme works at its most basic: A shady recruiter in India takes several thousand dollars from Mr. Unqualified Dreamer to provide him with some hurry-up computer training and an H-1B visa. A fake degree and a phony resume are thrown together, and then the recruiter pays a shell company in the United States to offer the applicant a job as, say, a computer systems analyst...The whole process of fraud typically starts with resume falsification, especially the embellishment of work experience...If diplomas and resumes can be faked, so, too, can job offers...In about half the cases of H-1B fraud in India, U.S. officials say, the offer letter is phony...The U.S. company has been set up to provide the illusion of a real employer at the other end of the visa pipeline. Such companies are often run by Indians living legitimately in the United States on H-1Bs or green cards. The offer letter is written on the shell company's letterhead, and if the offer appears genuine to an INS examiner in the United States, then the application probably will be approved.

http://www.zazona.com/shameh1b/Library/News/SFExaminer2000/VisaAbuses.htm

An alleged tale of prostitution, illegal immigration and molestation in Berkeley has reopened one of Silicon Valley's most contentious issues: the use and abuse of temporary work visas.

The unlikely and unwanted attention stems from the highly publicized case of Lakireddy Bali Reddy, the 62-year-old Berkeley landlord who stands accused of smuggling young Indian girls into the United States for the purpose of prostitution, among other charges.

The fact that an H-1B visa was allegedly used to get a man claiming to be the girls' father into the country with them as his dependents has many industry watchers taking a second look at the controversial program.

Created by the Immigration Act of 1990, H-1B visas have become a politically charged issue in recent years. Silicon Valley companies, claiming they can't find enough skilled workers in the United States, have lobbied to increase the number of visas issued every year, enabling them to recruit overseas. Opponents charge the technology industry with ignoring qualified workers here at home.

The H-1B is a temporary visa category for non-immigrant workers that includes specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher. In an odd quirk, it also applies to "fashion models of distinguished merit and ability."

According to his arrest warrant affidavit, Reddy misused these visas, bringing Indian nationals over to the United States under false pretenses.

There are at least 21 visa applications filed on behalf of Active Tech Solutions, a software company owned by L. Vijay Kumar, a son of the suspect, the affidavit said.

In another publicized case, Deep Sai Consulting Inc., of Atlanta, pleaded guilty to alien smuggling charges last November. An INS investigation, sparked by an unusual number of H-1B applications filed by the company, resulted in the conviction of company president Syamala Kaqmineni.

The investigation revealed that the majority of visa beneficiaries admitted into the United States did not qualify for the visa and were brought here in anticipation of illegal employment. The workers, according to the INS, were usually Indian.