Ms. Elaine Chao Sent Cert. Mail # ________________
Frances
Perkins Building
200
Constitution Ave. NW
Washington,
D.C. 20210
1-866-4-USA-DOL
Subject: DOL
non-enforcement of the H-1B visa LCA standards and request for suspension of
LCA approvals
Dear Secretary Chao,
The “high tech bubble” has burst. At least 500,000 U.S. tech
workers are unemployed. U.S. corporations are blatantly displacing qualified
Americans with foreign workers, sometimes forcing the Americans to train their
foreign replacements. Additionally, the large corporations that utilize
nonimmigrant visas to facilitate the transfer of their operations overseas
jeopardize the long-term viability of the U.S. economy.
These detriments are
largely due to the DOL approving over 500,000 LCAs for nonimmigrant visas --
including the H-1B and L-1 visas -- in the past few years alone. DOL's rapid
LCA approval process does not assure that the statutory and regulatory rights
of U.S. citizens to work in their chosen profession have been duly protected,
as mandated under federal laws and regulations. DOL's approval of these LCAs
has caused clear and documented harm to U.S. citizen workers, with a direct
correlation to rising levels of unemployment and under-employment.
This program has been widely abused and misused by U.S. employers and alien guest workers -- as documented by the Office of Inspector General and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now BCIS). Qualified U.S. citizen workers have been notified that their jobs will end after they train the H-1B visa holders to take over those jobs. This is not the intended purpose of the H-1B visa program, and must end.
·
We request that the U.S. Department of Labor aggressively
investigate these abusive practices that have been reported at various
companies. In order to facilitate your investigation, we ask that your
department establish a dedicated toll-free number for US workers to report
companies engaged in these practices.
·
The typical H-1B nonimmigrant temporary workers are neither better
qualified nor better educated than the American citizens they are replacing –
but they are cheaper. The H-1B visa program was not intended to under-cut the
wages of gainfully employed U.S. citizens. Federal statute as well as 20 CFR
Parts 655 and 656 prohibit employers from paying the H-1B visa holder less than
the prevailing wage for the particular job hired. Yet, the Office of Inspector
General has repeatedly reported before the U.S. Congress that under-payment of
H-1B visa holders is widespread and has adversely impacted the wages of
similarly situated US citizen workers.
The H-1B visa program was
allegedly established to address a shortage of U.S. workers. As U.S. Citizens, we dispute the premise
used by Congress that we, American citizen professionals, are unwilling,
under-skilled, and under-educated professionals in our respective fields.
Indeed, President Bush, while speaking in California less than 18 months ago,
declared in California that U.S. citizens are the best workers in the world.
Meanwhile, in the past three years, the unemployment rates for
U.S. citizens has increased with each passing month as employers continue to
separate skilled, creative, and dedicated American citizen workers from their
jobs. The difficulty in finding replacement work is amplified by the fact that
the U.S. Congress in the current session was forced to extend unemployment
benefits from six months an additional thirteen (13) weeks. Still, these U.S. citizens are unable to
find employment and the hardship being placed upon U.S. families is
unimaginable.
We therefore respectfully
request that you take the steps outlined in this letter on behalf of U.S.
workers. We have faith in your statement, "Getting people back to work is
what this Department does. Giving people hope in their future is our
job." We are American citizens who
are unemployed or severely under-employed and who have no hope in our future
without the ability to return to work.
We request that the DOL take the following immediate actions:
1.
Suspend the approval of all H-1B Labor Certification Attestations
(LCA) requests for six months.
2.
Call on Congress to restore adequate worker protections to the
nonimmigrant visa statutes, such as requiring that all LCAs demonstrate a lack
of qualified U.S. workers, and a due process means of excluded U.S. workers to
challenge LCAs.
3.
Conduct an investigation into the employer abuses of having US
citizen workers train their replacement alien workers who hold H-1B visas.
4.
Conduct an investigation into the actual pay given to H-1B visa
holders vs. what employers report on the LCA forms.
5.
Prosecute to the fullest extent possible employers who have
misrepresented sworn facts to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, including enforcing
debarments of all companies from visa programs that have misused the H-1B visa
program.
6.
Investigate
fraud on the part of H-1B visa holders and prosecute them for making false
statements about their work and educational histories. This would include
placing on notice any alien educational institutions and/or employers that aided and abetted such abuse and fraud against the
United States.
7.
Hold state level public hearings to collect information on the victimization
of U.S. citizen workers by employers who have abused the immigration laws.
8.
If DOL hasn't yet developed the pamphlet on US citizen worker
rights and how to protect those rights, that this material be developed
immediately and made readily available to all displaced US citizen workers.
This information for public use is mentioned in the 20 CFR Parts 655 and 656 of
December 20, 2000.
We
are prepared to work with your staff on these matters. Many of us have direct
experience training H-1B visa holder replacements for jobs that we held. Many can document H-1B visa holders being
given jobs in which unemployed, skilled, educated, and willing American workers
were excluded. The diverse means that employers have developed in the past
decade to separate American workers from their jobs is simply shocking. Most of
us have experienced at least one such practice.
On
April 15, 2003 in Chicago you stated, "One person out of work is one
person too many," and that, "We will never be satisfied until
every American who wants a job can find a job." This conflicts with
DOL’s policy of issuing LCAs to employers that don’t recruit from the 500,000
unemployed American tech workers, and to foreign entities whose primary
objective is to transfer U.S. jobs overseas.
While
the BLS data on DOL's own website claims that Software Engineering starting
salaries range from $62,750 to $92,000, DOL has approved thousands of
programmer LCAs for as low as $28,000. (Ref: I-02282-0273653)
To paraphrase you, we ask that you ‘Get us back to
work, which is what this Department does' and [give us] hope in our future,
which you have stated, is the job of the US Department of Labor.'
Thank you for your time and attention to our letter
requesting your assistance with these issues that have harmed U.S. citizen
workers. We respectfully look forward to a written response within ten days of
receipt of this letter, and we offer our cooperation in working with you and
your staff. All communications should be directed to Mr. Kim Berry and Mr. Glenn
Jackson at the addresses provided herein. However, please feel free to contact
the harmed U.S. workers who have joined in this nationwide request. (Please
provide an electronic response that we can distribute to all signatories.)
Again, thank you for your interest in this matter
and we all look forward to hearing from you, Secretary Chao, in the near
future.
Respectfully submitted by the undersigned 153 U.S. workers who submitted their names as a
small fraction of the 500,000 U.S. workers who have been displaced from their
careers due to LCAs approved by the DOL.
Public e-copy at www.familyinjustice.com/h1b/chaoletter.html
Mr. Kim Berry – Computer programmer PRINCIPAL
CONTACT
Mr. Glenn R. Jackson – Sr. Mgr. IT PRINCIPAL CONTACT
"Unemployed
for 18 months after a 24-year career in IT."
G.A. - Telecom Engineer
“Unemployed 16
months with a family to support. About to lose my house while H-1B's still come
to this country and the H-1B's currently in country take our Jobs.”
Carrollton TX
K.A. - IT Engineer
Lincoln, CA
R.A. - Data Network Engineer and System's programmer
"Job
searching since December of 2002 with out any success. Prior to being released
I had 22 years of service with the company. During that time I personally
witnessed the company move towards outsourcing work - forcing local workers to
train the out sourcing personnel. Are we, the U.S. citizens, being
systematically sold out?"
S.A. - Mainframe Programmer
Sayreville, NJ
A.A. - DBA with XX Corporation
Auburn Hills, MI
"An information management worker threatened with a job loss
due to foreign workers."
Frederick, MD
N.B. - Software
Consultant
Allen, TX
Concord, CA
"I totally agree with the message and intent of this letter, and fully support it's goals."
Nevada, IA
“After 20 years
on Wall Street our jobs were replaced by TATA nonimmigrant workers who cannot
perform the job, thus jeopardizing the well being of the company. Stockholders
need to know exactly what is going on inside the companies. The private
information is flowing through the net around the world. Any eighth grader can
penetrate this security.”
M.B. – DBA / MBA
"18 years experience, just received my 2nd layoff notice in
the last 2 years"
Sacramento, CA
"Programmer
with 18 years experience, my last job was sent to India, now working as a
software tester for 25% less pay."
Camp Hill, PA
R.B. - Business system
analyst
Martinez, California
B. B. - Engineer/Programmer
. El Paso, Texas
"Couldn't find work in my technical
field, I am now assembling bicycles."
Lompoc CA
"Replaced by a Canadian citizen at American Reinsurance Company three weeks ago."
A.C. - Software Engineer
Pleasanton, CA
Downers Grove, IL
S.C. - Computer Programmer
Fayetteville, NY
Herndon, VA
Charles E. Corry,
Ph.D., F.G.S.A.
President, Equal Justice Foundation http://www.ejfi.org/
455 Bear Creek Road / Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906-5820
(719) 520-1089 / ccorry@ejfi.org
M.C. - Computer programmer (laid off)
Pacifica, CA 94044
Bloomfield, New Jersey
“Small software companies in particular are put at a
significant disadvantage against large users of H-1B and L-1 talent, by making
it less competitive to hire and employ American workers.”
Danvers, MA
“30 years of
IT experience. I have been in South Florida since 1983-84 and it is really bad
down here. Several of the major mainframe firms are out sourcing, or bringing
in cheap foreign labor to replace American workers. I left Florida for a
6-month contract in Illinois, but am back now to the same old tune. I am
currently working nights in a factory in order to survive, but it feels not
worth the effort.”
Coral Springs,
Florida
J.D.
Dayton, NJ
M.D. - IDMS DBA/Project Manager and Sr. Consultant
Out of work 14 months. Trained my replacements. I was
replaced by two H-1B workers. As the VP who let me go said, "I would have
to let two others go to equal the salary I am paying you." He was
referring to two H1-B consultants who even after the training didn't have my
experience or knowledge.
San Juan Capistrano, CA
East Brunswick, NJ
S.D. - Programmer
"Unemployed
2 months, with 25 years experience."
Fort Lauderdale, FL
M.E. - Computer
Programmer
Longwood, FL
usa@hannatroup.com / http://www.hannatroup.com:81/ <- MUST VISIT
WEBSITE
M.E. - Programmer and biologist
"Unemployed
over 18 months, left profession and now preparing for law school. Science and
technology degrees are just tickets to the unemployment line."
La Jolla, CA
“I lost my job to H-1B visa holders last year. My co-workers and I were
forced to train our replacements in order to receive severance. The H-1B
programmers were earning from $37,000 to $39,000. The Americans they replaced
were earning from $60,000 to $80,000. I was able to find another job, but some
of my co-workers have not been so fortunate. Their severance and their
unemployment benefits have run out and they are fearful of losing their homes.”
Matthews, NC
D.F. - Network Engineer
“Employed by
same employer for 3 years but wages driven down by cheaper foreign labor. I
have a wife and two children.”
New York, NY
"I was laid
off by Openwave Systems in MA and they kept an Indian Named Sridhar Yelgireddy
who came here on a H-1B. I have 15 years IT experience. I am in my middle 40s,
and earned more accordingly. The CEO and CIO of Openwave Systems have
outsourced the whole QA department to India. People said that they received a
kick back of more than 10 million dollars from India for doing so."
L.F. - computer science 1983 from Purdue
“About 20 years of experience on Wall Street; about to get unemployed; I'm training H-1B currently who is not qualified and who will replace me in a few months. Finding a new job in my field is impossible.”
B.F. - Quality Assurance Manager/Disaster Recovery
“Unemployed for
5 months, 20 years experience, leaving profession.”
Carrollton, Texas
I have been in
the IT field since 1975 and have been out of full-time work for over a year. I
see almost no hope of ever getting back in, and don't know how I'll support
myself until retirement age. I personally know three others in similar straits.
Weymouth, MA
Summit, NJ
R.G.
San Francisco, CA
"As I see
layoff after layoff in my own company and the number of H1B workers grow, I can
only wonder if I am next."
Castle Rock, CO
Dearborn, Michigan
Mountain View, CA
B.G. - Ph.D. in
electrical engineering
Laid off from IBM as microprocessor circuit designer in July 2002 and
still unemployed. I was required to train my younger replacement that entered
the U.S. as an H1-B (not sure if he now has a Green Card).
New York, NY
Pittsburgh, PA
R.H. - Computer Programmer (25 years)
"Marine
Corps veteran, 25 years programming experience including web, Unemployed 10
months, trained H-1B personnel to do the work they supposedly already knew how
to do. I observed H-1Bs reading manuals while learning on the job even though
they claimed to have over 5 years experience.
Lost opportunities to H-1Bs (check Publix markets in FL) where the pay
is less than I earned 12 years ago."
Flower Mound, TX
"Over 30
years in the IT business ... there are too many American IT people out of
work."
New Jersey
B.A. mathematics / Coursework for M.S. in computer science
"39 years experience. Laid off two months and unable to find another position. Skills include software Design, Coding, hands-on lead positions ESRI Geographic Info Systems, SQL, Visual C/C++, C language, MFC, GUI, TCP/IP, UDP, multi-threading, Simulation."
D.I. - 20 years IT experience - unemployed since March 2003
“Forced to train my replacement because IBM off
shored our work to IBM India. I have contacted every senator and representative
in the state of North Carolina. I have also contacted the NC Department of
Commerce, US Department of Labor, the President, CNN and several nationally
syndicated talk shows. I live in an
area that was devastated by NAFTA and now the same thing is happening to the IT
industry. There are very few jobs in the area and if I do stay in the IT sector
I will possibly have to relocate.”
Greensboro, N.C.
J.J. - Systems Administrator. XX Company
“I have been
employed by XX for 30 years, 15 years in the IT field. As the company continues
to downsize the full time employee base I feel more threatened that I will lose
my job to a contracted worker and possibly a non-US citizen.”
Rochester, NY
D.J. - Developer
“Working at 2/3
pay for 2 years, considering changing professions.”
Farmers Branch, TX
C.J. - Ph.D.
H1B/L1 holders who are not as competent as me have jobs. I cannot find
a job in the past two years.
Manassas, Virginia
R.J. - PE, SE
Buffalo Grove, IL
S.J. - Sr. Programmer/Analyst
Houston, TX
"Out of job
for 2 1/2 years. Unfairly competed with H-1B candidates in job search wasting
time and resource with no result and gave up job search."
L.K. - Software Engineer
“Laid off
September 2002. Most of my work was
given to an H-1B electrical engineer who was already working 12 hours per day.
If not for the thousands of H-1B's presently in this country, I could get a job
with another company.”
Natick, MA
Margate, FL
J.K.
T.K. - IT Recruiter
“I am seeing
millions of software development dollars going to India.”
Coppell, TX
Mount Carmel, TN
I.K. - Computer Programmer
Brooklyn NY
E.L. -
Programmer/analyst
“18 years experience. I and my
whole team were replaced by offshore workers to do our work from Mexico
(Softech). Yes, we had to train them to do our jobs.”
Richardson, TX
R.L. - Senior Software
Engineer
Plano, TX
Sacramento, CA
D.L. - Programmer/Analyst
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Plymouth, MN
C.L. - Senior Java Developer
Bethel, CT
M.L. / Hawley, PA
S.M. - Sr. Programmer/Analyst
Spring, TX
Branchburg, NJ
"I was a
contract Software Engineer from 2000 to August 2002, earning $40/hour. I have
been unemployed since then."
Montague, CA
Dayton, NJ
E.M. - computer programmer for 12 years
"Many of my
friends in the IT profession have been unemployed for 6 months or longer.
Something must be done to help people who were born and raised in the U.S. to
retain their positions here."
Jacksonville, FL
"My prior
employer www.grainger.com hired a
consulting company from India for Y2K conversion, then outsourced legacy
application support to them. The following year they outsourced 500 IT
positions to N. Ireland. Grainger recently announced they will do further
outsourcing to India."
Riverwoods, IL
P.M. - Programmer/Analyst/Consultant
“All domestic
consultants at First Data Merchant Services (Coral Springs, Florida,
Hagerstown, Maryland, and Melville, New York) have been replaced by onshore
(H1-B and L-1 Visa) and offshore contractors. We were told that we needed to
document the systems we worked on and train our onshore/offshore replacements.
If we were not willing to train the replacements, we had to leave immediately.
These replacements had an average of three years experience and they replaced
people that averaged 15 - 20 years of programming experience. I have been
working in IT for over 25 years and have a BBA in MIS from Pace University
(1991). I have had only one short interview in five months and I am now looking
for employment outside IT. I am not eligible for unemployment nor government
sponsored retraining.”
Coral Springs, Florida
H.M. - Project Manager
Watertown MA
J.M.
Colonia, NJ
H.M. - Software Engineer
W. P. B., FL
"I was unemployed for nine months in 2001. Despite having an
Oracle certification, a BA in math, 23 years in IT, I had enormous trouble
finding ANY work. I went on interviews where the hiring manager told me they
had dozens of applicants; one had over 200. I was forced to sell my home and
move-in with relatives."
Glastonbury, CT
Santa Cruz, CA
"IT Major in College at Drexel, looking for a Co-op/internship
required for school to graduate and cannot find a thing."
Cheswick, PA
"Last place
of employment company shipped entire IS department piece by piece overseas,
losing about 50 consultants"
Chambersburg PA
G.M. - BS degree
(technical degree, Information Studies)
"Three years experience. Under-employed (was laid off, after 6
months took a position for 11K less than I was making and several thousand less
than industry average)."
Milford, MA
Campbell, CA
C.M. - senior programmer analyst
“I was a Cobol
P/A on HP3000. I am profoundly affected as an American out of work.”
Woodland Hills CA
“Though I am employed
again, I was a 10-year veteran of a large computer manufacturer. I saw
many jobs in my former employer that were filled with H-1B workers.”
Houston, TX
Troutdale, OR
B.M. -
Programmer/Analyst
"Most recent
position outsourced to a Nearshore provider (Softec) in Mexico. At the
insistence of the client, I was given another position within the same
consulting firm so that I could continue to provide support for their software
implementation. However the contract ends on 9/2003. Due to a non-compete
clause I am prohibited from joining the client as a permanent employee. I have
20 years of experience, the last 7 in SAP.”
Frisco, TX
P.M.
Lincoln Park, New Jersey
“My brother, a
very qualified programmer, was out of work for a year. He finally got a job at 1/2 pay. I currently work at a large wholesale bank,
which has its IT infrastructure run by Perot.
Perot has set up shop in India and has sent over 100 L1s to my site
alone, laying off native workers in the process.”
Mahwah NJ
J.N. – Sr. Software
Engineer
"Unable to find work in my
occupation since October 2001: software engineer, MSEE 1988, over 10 years
experience. Half my former workplace is recent arrivals from India, Russia and
China."
Cambridge MA
V.N. - Sr. Software Engineer
“Unable to find
work in my profession since November 2001.”
Elk Grove, CA
“Over the last
12 years in the IT industry, I have observed several companies replacing higher
paid American Workers with lower cost foreign workers that are here on the H-1B
or L-1 visa.”
Jacksonville FL
“I am an IT professional with over 10 years
of experience. I currently work at a large financial corporation in the state
of Maryland. I have witnessed this company develop and implement a large scale
domestic worker replacement program utilizing H-1B, LCA, and off-shore
resources from Indian companies have personally witnessed domestic workers
being required to train their replacements who have less skills, but who will
work for significantly lower rates, both domestically and off-shore.”
Frederick, MD
“After a productive software career of 30 years, I now find myself
unemployed for the last two years. I
have been educated in the latest software development techniques (mssql, c#,
.net, java, etc.). Despite my depth of experience and knowledge, I can't find a
job. I have many friends and
acquaintances who also have been out of work for more than a year.”
Sherborn, Mass
M.O. - Project
Manager - IT
Hamilton Square, NJ
"Systems
Analyst with 23 years experience in Main Frames. Unemployed for 2 months.
Trained a group from India to take over the system for a large credit card
processing company."
Davie, FL
R.O. – Software
Engineer
"Was out of work for over year, working contract now."
Dallas, TX
Portland OR
E.P. - software development for 16+ years
"Worked 4
yrs as Sr. Software Developer consultant to FirstData Merchant Services,
replaced by 2 H-1B programmers who I had to train to do my job, I had to take a
job with a 75 minute commute and at a significantly lower salary."
Carlisle, PA
P.P. - Enterprise Systems Engineer - Oracle DBA
M.P. - Computer Programmer
Westminster, CA
Liverpool, N.Y.
“I am [was] a
contract database administrator. I can
no longer compete with the low rates charged by Indian database
administrators. I am unemployed as of
Friday.”
Madison, AL
Margate, FL
E.R. - Director EDI
Frederick, MD
Kings Park, NY
Senior Software Engineer, three degrees, 20 years s/w development
experience, unemployed for 18 months.
Carolina Beach, NC
L.R.
“Just missed being unemployed when employer suspended off-shoring study
last year. With 30 years experience in very technical areas (DBA, Systems
Engineer, etc.) I found no jobs available in the marketplace.”
Plano, TX
Campbell, CA
Porter, TX
W.S. - Implementation Engineer/QA Consultant
"Laid off
from IT Firm, out of work 6.5 months before finding a new job."
Fairfax, VA
R.S. - Software
Development Project Manager
Raleigh, NC
Damon Scott - Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Florence, South Carolina
"Unemployed
19 months, sent out 1900 resumes, and was still beaten out by H-1bs on the 8
jobs I've interviewed for."
Beaverton, OR
Alameda, California
“Unemployed for
last two years, having 10 years of experience in Mainframe, NT system
management environment.”
Edison, New Jersey
J.S. - Systems Analyst
Clark, NJ
East Brunswick, NJ
“I was laid off from Aetna 7 months ago from an office outside of Philadelphia, Pa. I was a Programmer Analyst in good standing. I worked for 11 years w/Aetna and 17 years in my profession. They are still bringing in foreign help from India on the H1-B visa.”
C.S. - Computer Programmer
“Unemployed for
15 months, 9 years of experience, replaced with 2 H-1B foreign workers.”
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
P.S. - SAP R/3 Basis
Consultant
“42 years old, 17 years in IT industry. I lost a permanent position
with national consulting firm to an H-1B.
Currently contracting. Filed
EEOC complaint.”
Bailey, CO
Superior, CO
T.S. - Sr. Programmer Analyst
"I've been
unemployed for 1 1/2 years. I'm a
software engineer who has over 5 years experience. My last job I was laid off from Sprint Corp. in Overland Park,
KS."
Carrollton, TX
[DOL approved over 100 LCAs for the Overland Park Sprint in 2002 –
laying off Americans while hiring foreign workers: www.h1b.info/lca_employer_list.php?company=Sprint
- Kim]
I.S. - Out of work Mainframe Programmer
"I was replaced
twice by the H-1B in March 2001 and April 2002. I’ve been out of work for over
a year and was forced to take an early retirement. Some of my colleagues had to
sell their homes, move or change careers at half pay just to support their
families. Many lives and dreams have been destroyed by lies told to our elected
officials."
Coconut Creek, FL
R.T. - Systems
Engineer
Plano, TX 75023
"Unemployed 13 months - MBA, PMP certified, CPIM certified,
IT
Management experience in mainframe, client server and Internet
environment."
Hoffman Estates, IL
Steve Tisza, President
806 North Dearborn Street / Chicago, IL 60610
312-988-9177
www.cwalocal4250.org/outsourcing
Woodland, CA
P.T. - Unemployed, Downsized
Parsippany NJ
E.T. - Programmer
"BSCS,
unemployed 6 months, 10+ years exp, leaving profession."
Hagerstown, MD
Placerville, CA
“I am currently consulting at UPS
where my rate has gone down 40% in the last
16 months while there are a
considerable amount of H-1B's present.”
Morristown NJ
J.V.
Plano, TX
D.V. - Senior Business Systems Analyst Consultant
Amityville, NY
J.V. - Programmer
“Unemployed 12 months, 32 years experience, financially and
psychologically not equipped to retire and cannot obtain gainful employment in
field for which I am exclusively and highly trained.”
Margate, FL
R.V. - Software Engineer
“"February
2001 earned $40/hr, then no work for 18 months, now earn $5/hr”
BS Computer Science - University of N. Florida, 1998
Jacksonville, FL
Cary, IL
La Mirada, CA 90638
B.W. - Programmer
“Took 33% pay cut in 2000 to keep
my job. Will be forced to sell my house shortly.”
Hooksett, NH
Dallas, TX
D.W. - Displaced Programmer
“I worked as a
computer contractor for the Boeing Company. In the months following 9/11,
potential contract openings disappeared from the radar screen. The few jobs
available with the "new" Boeing Company (stateside) were in St.
Louis, MO., the old headquarters of McDonald-Douglas, or were contract jobs
extended to H1-B visa holders. Those contractor jobs that were lost in the
Pacific NW did not cease to exist -- they were outsourced to India. How many
jobs have been sent offshore in the virtual smokescreen provided by the
calamity in New York? It isn't just about the one issue of H-1B visa holders;
it’s about the catastrophic effects of globalization. My mortgage payment is
but a mirage. I have 2 skill groups with which I am trying to find gainful
employment: 21 years, mainframe and 6 months training in Web Technologies. I am
not just pessimistic about the future for the hundreds of thousands of
displaced IT workers in the United States, I am downright afraid.”
Senior Vice President - XX Recruiting
Baltimore,
MD
Yeh Ling-Ling - Executive Director
“The U.S. has
massively exported high-tech and manufacturing jobs and massively imported
high-tech and low-skilled. How do you
expect unemployed Americans to find work? Please halt H-1b visas!”
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 517 /
Oakland, CA 94612 / (510) 835-5017
yehlingling@diversityalliance.org
/ www.diversityalliance.org
D.Y.
Colleyville, TX