The H-1B visa process has from the beginning been about suppressing wages in America.
The most common violation was not paying a prevailing wage to the H-1B beneficiary.These visas were exactly the type of bipartisan effort that the prevailing bullshit centrist ideology wanted, and it works to the detriment of American wage-earners. Who does it help? The elite entrepreneur who can profit by the sale of America's birthright for his luxurious mess of pottage.
The H-1B visa program has always been about displacing citizen workers for the purpose of lowering their wage growth. When American corporations use the pick-up line that, hey baby, we just want to ensure our competitiveness, what they mean is that they can't compete with low wage countries, so they have to import their workers. Too bad citizens have to go flip burgers.
If you think about motive, this is easier to understand:
The exact size of the H-1B labor force in the U.S. is uncertain because of a lack of accurate data. The U.S. sets a cap of 85,000 H-1B visas annually.If the government really cared, it would make it its business to know this.
Have a look at their technology-related policy positions. In practically every case where Obama and McCain differ, McCain takes the pro-corporation position, and Obama takes the pro-person position:
Programmers taking pay cuts? Say it ain't so!
A government policy has worked. The point of H1B visas and tax policy that encourages globalization is to deflate American worker salaries and leave more for management and capital.
