It boils down to this: WE CANNOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE THE LAW OR TO EXERCISE DISCRETION IN A NON-PARTISAN MANNER.
The Bush government wants unlimited immigration. Giving them discretion opens the floodgates.
The administration is supposed to be building a 2-layer fence along parts of the Mexican border. It has succeeded in building about 1 mile this year. In Iraq the Corps of Engineers built almost 500 miles of this type of fence to protect oil pipelines in 3 months. Either the Department of Homeland Security is the most incompetent bureaucracy on the face of the earth, it it is sabotaging its own project.
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GuildY/ ZazonY wrote: "Alan Greenspan, March 2007"If we open up a significant window for skilled workers, that would suppress the... [MORE]
suppress TOP EARNER wages
Jan 30, 2008 12:57
Asking the Department of Labor to regulate the number of visas and green cards to issue is like asking a... [MORE]
No visa for you
Jan 15, 2008 02:30
GuildY/ ZazonY wrote: "Alan Greenspan, March 2007"If we open up a significant window for skilled workers, that would suppress the... [MORE]
Little empirical evidence!
Jan 8, 2008 17:57
Kathy Robertson: "When there are millions of Americans out of work due to outsourcing, why do we need to bring... [MORE]
Data
Jan 7, 2008 12:17
S. Kolger wrote: "every other type of white-collar jobs stop getting offshored to India"
(1) New H-1Bs account for .07% of... [MORE]
Data
Jan 7, 2008 12:13
The people who are finding rising wages and full employment in the IT sector are definitely moving in different social... [MORE]
S. Kolger
Jan 5, 2008 09:46
Kim Berry (President, Programmers Guild) wrote: " ..."
IEEE USA is IEEE's policy wing, supported mainly by annual assessment paid by... [MORE]
IEEE USA's Proposal
Jan 4, 2008 12:10
GuildY/ ZazonY wrote: "Alan Greenspan, March 2007"If we open up a significant window for skilled workers, that would suppress the... [MORE]
Really!
Jan 4, 2008 12:04
H1-B petitions approved vs H1-B workers-------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) From How many H-1B visa workers? Counts vary VALLEY EMPLOYERS AMONG TOP USERS By... [MORE]
Never Mind!
Jan 4, 2008 10:24
Kathy Robertson wrote: "When there are millions of Americans out of work"
The unemployment rate in IT sector is a whopping... [MORE]
Just Do It!
Jan 4, 2008 10:10
It is well known within the tech industry that the primary reason that companies are so much in love with... [MORE]
Clearing Smoke Bombs
Jan 3, 2008 20:36
Kathy Robertson: "Companies are LYING about a shortage because they want to bring in cheap labor"
Repeat something loud and long... [MORE]
Rhetorical Rhapsody
Jan 3, 2008 18:27
Kathy Robertson: "Companies are LYING about a shortage because they want to bring in cheap labor"
A Dec 2005 Center for... [MORE]
Dis Information
Jan 3, 2008 18:23
S. Kolger wrote: "when American workers are no longer required to train their H-1B replacements"
(1) From The Grassley Visa Tax... [MORE]
Train H-1B Replacement?
Jan 3, 2008 10:19
Bruce de la Vega wrote: "B. Lindsay Lowell and Harold Salzman at the Urban Institute that the USA is over-flowing... [MORE]
Caveat
Jan 3, 2008 10:06
Your article is well spiced because you hit the hammer on the nail.thanks [MORE]
moradeyo afeez
Jan 3, 2008 03:22
Background: U.S. STEM Workforce Shows No Sign of Impending Shortages
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB1505/index1.html
"The pool of S&E-qualified secondary and postsecondary graduates is several times... [MORE]
Dana Rothrock
Jan 2, 2008 19:01
As "former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor", Ms. Furchtgott-Roth certainly knows that DOL is knowingly rubber-stamping labor... [MORE]
Kim Berry
Jan 2, 2008 16:21
"Allowing the Labor Department to adjust legal immigration every quarter to match U.S. need for foreign labor would help America... [MORE]
Bruce de la Vega
Jan 2, 2008 13:40
"labor certification from the Labor Department... requires the prospective employer to affirm that he has determined that no American workers... [MORE]
Bruce de la Vega
Jan 2, 2008 13:29
It boils down to this: WE CANNOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE THE LAW OR TO EXERCISE DISCRETION IN A...
TheReallyRightGuy
Jan 2, 2008 12:52
I hate the arcane nature of bureacracy and public policy. However, because we need to protect our sovereignty and regulate... [MORE]
Ken
Jan 2, 2008 16:38
There is a principle of economics that, in a free market (which we do NOT have) there can be neither... [MORE]
Bruce de la Vega
Jan 2, 2008 18:05
This is fine as far as you have gone. However...
Let's give the Department of Labor more lattitude. Perhaps they could... [MORE]
Rev. Stephen M. King
Jan 2, 2008 12:28
When there are millions of Americans out of work due to outsourcing, why do we need to bring in temporary... [MORE]
Kathy Robertson
Jan 2, 2008 09:16
If you listen to the CEO/CFO/HR people at the large companies looking to import workers a half way intelligent person... [MORE]
Gene
Jan 2, 2008 13:41
Instead of a well thought-out analysis of the issues, we get a rehash of all of the old arguments Big... [MORE]
S. Kolger
Jan 2, 2008 08:39
The writer of this article does not seem to be much of a believer in Democracy. She wants to take... [MORE]