[IP] bonded servitude raw deal more on Tech: A 'hostile environment' for US natives????

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Joachim Feise <jfeise@ics.uci.edu>
Date: May 7, 2005 1:03:00 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] bonded servitude raw deal more on Tech: A 'hostile  
environment' for US natives????
Reply-To: jfeise@ics.uci.edu


David Farber wrote on 05/06/05 15:29:


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> As someone who manages a large number of people, I would claim that
> this misses the real point
> with H1B holders -- no, they aren't cheaper in compensation, but they
> are effectively captive. They
> almost never resign if they are in the middle of the green card
> application process -- the visa issues
> make it close to impossible. This makes them much cheaper in total.


While that may have been true in the past, the "American Competitiveness
in the 21st Century Act", in immigration circles generally called AC21,
allows job changes in the middle of the greencard application process.
And from my observation, people make use of it.
Similarly with the H1 itself: changing jobs has been made much easier,
most likely in response to "bonded servitude" allegations in the 90ies.

-Joachim


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