[IP] more on Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers]

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject: 	Re: [IP] Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers
Date: 	Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:59:49 -0700
From: 	David Mercer <radix42@gmail.com>
To: 	dave@farber.net
References: 	<20060203145710.340D8A7D2@thorn.sasl.smtp.pobox.com>



Dave, I'm just recently back on the job market after a spending the
last couple of years in school again (having a baby on the way has
shifted priorities!), and while the job market IS heating up again in
high tech after the post bubble-burst slump, very few companies are
still willing to pay for relocation costs for American workers
(compared to the dot-com-boom days).  I'd think that getting
American's who want those jobs moved to where they are would be a
higher priority than importing cheaper temporary labor from overseas. 
If we can import Indian and Chinese tech workers, why won't more
companies pay to move someone from one part of the country to another?

Cheers,

-David Mercer
Tucson, AZ

(for IP if you wish)

On 2/3/06, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Claudio Gutiérrez" <claudio.gutierrez.m@gmail.com>
> To: dave@farber.net
> Sent: 2/2/06 16:00
> Subject: Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers
>
> Bush asks for more visas for high-tech workers
> By Rebecca Knight
> http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1b8f185c-942f-11da-82ea-0000779e2340.html
>
> President George W. Bush, who is touring the country as part of a
> weeks-long campaign to promote his 2006 agenda, called on Congress
> yesterday to raise the number of visas that allow companies to fill
> high-tech jobs with foreign workers.
>
> "The problem is. . . that Congress has limited the number of H-1B
> visas," Mr Bush said, referring to the name of the official passport
> endorsement. "I think it's a mistake not to encourage more really bright
> folks who can fill the jobs that are having trouble being filled in
> America, to limit their number.  So I call upon Congress to be realistic
> and reasonable to raise that cap."
> <snip>
>
> "It's clear we don't have enough workers with
>
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