Jews and their Support of the H1B Program

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

The H1B Program is a Corporate Jew Scam

(I say open the door WIDE OPEN IN ISRAEL FIRST... all US H1Bs, L's, whatever, must first pass through an Israeli H1B program before working in the USA... it is only fair...
The CSR
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"From our perspective, we look to our faith tradition, what the Bible instructs and our own Jewish history to inform our vision of what should be included in immigration reform," Nezer said. "One of our priorities is keeping families together. Right now, the waiting times for spouse and minor children to immigrate to the U.S. are five to seven years, if you have a green card and want your family to join you. That is unconscionable."

"Another important issue is national security. We need an immigration system that brings people out of the shadows. We need to know who are these 12 million people who are not documented. The framework for this has been proposed in prior legislation. The preferred goal is to give people a pathway to citizenship. The specific pathway is in the details.

"Another element that is important is integration. More resources must be put into English-language and civics classes, so once people are here, they are given the tools to integrate and become Americans."

HIAS has assisted and settled refugees since 1881. In advocating for a particular Jewish vision of comprehensive immigration reform through its "We Were Strangers, Too" campaign, HIAS has sought to link a Jewish "just and compassionate" view of immigration with immigration legislation that promotes family reunification and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Nezer believes the Jewish community can play an important role through contacting members of Congress and by engaging Jewish leaders and rabbis on the subject of immigration reform.

"There's no point in us talking to those who say America is a white nation and we should keep all nonwhites out," Nezer said. "In terms of the Jewish community, it's very important to educate about how broken our immigration system is and about some of the ways to fix it. We need to hear Jewish concerns and to try to address their concerns and to perhaps change some hearts and minds.

http://www.jhvonline.com/default.asp?so ... ne&he=.com

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Karen Katz Feldman also agrees our immigration system is broken and in need of reform. An immigration lawyer with the Houston firm of Foster Quan, LLP, Feldman said she constantly hears citizens say: Why have all those people entered illegally? They should have done it the right way.

"It is important to recognize that there are no legal options to immigrate to the U.S.," Feldman said. "That means most people who call me on the phone don't qualify to come legally. Our current system does not provide good options for unskilled workers, but even for the highly educated and skilled workers."

For example, take an electrical engineer from India with a college degree. Our government currently is processing people who started this process on May 1, 2001, Feldman explained. That's an eight-and-a-half-year backlog. Many of these skilled foreign nationals are not allowed to remain in the United States during that backlog period unless he or she qualifies for another kind of visa. There is the possibility of obtaining an H-1B visa (for professional people only) to temporarily work here in their profession. But often, in employer-sponsored cases, the sponsoring employer must be willing to continue the sponsorship of that individual throughout the process.

"Another big issue is the cap on the number of temporary visas that can be issued each year," Feldman said. "That's important because employers who file for their employees often reach that cap during the first week of each fiscal year. The cap is reached because so many petitions are filed. Even if we want to have a system that admits only the most educated, highly skilled individuals as immigrants, our current system fails in that respect.

"For low-skilled and unskilled workers, the reality of our current immigration system is that it is almost impossible for them to qualify for either a temporary work visa or temporary residency in the U.S. Even with the downturn in today's economy, there are many industries where employers cannot find U.S. workers. Some examples include meat packing, waste disposal, construction, agriculture, landscaping, housekeeping and childcare. In my work, I hear employers say every day: If I could find an American worker to fill this position, I would. But, I cannot find American workers. The work is too hard, too dangerous. I cannot fill the demand.

Feldman believes that any considered legislation on immigration reform should reinstate provision 245(i), which allows people who are otherwise eligible to apply for permanent resident status to pay a fine in order to process in the United States, rather than in their home countries.

She also advocates increasing the number of H-1B visas for professionals with college degrees, eliminating the three- and 10-year bars created by the 1996 legislation, creating options for low- and unskilled workers to qualify for temporary visas, creating a path to permanent residency and passing the DREAM Act.

What about the Jewish community? "We were immigrants and should remember what our ancestors experienced when they fled persecution and economic adversity," Feldman answered. "We should have compassion on those seeking a better life for themselves and their families."
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(Jew) JOB DESTRUCTION  -- 1/03/2010

The year 2010 will mark the 20 year anniversary of H-1B program, which was
started in 1990. In those two decades the only thing that has changed is
that more H-1Bs are working in the United States. Corporations continue to
get their cheap labor fix and American workers continue to lose their
livelihoods.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about H-1B is that for two decades the
people most affected by the program haven't managed to help themselves by
abolishing the H-1B program. After two decades there is still not a single
organization big and powerful enough to effectively deal with the issue,
and even worse, American workers seem incapable of coming to a consensus
what the issue is, or what to do about it.

Vdare for instance recently asked for donations for their website because
they are one of the few forums for quality articles about H-1B. I'm not
sure they received donations as a result of the H-1B issue but hopefully
they received enough for other important immigration issues. Victims of
H-1B are usually either unwilling or unable to put their money on the line
to fight H-1B. That another thing that hasn't changed for 20 years.

After two decades Americans who complain about H-1B continue to vote for
politicians who support H-1B -- they even vote for many of the same
politicians that were the original sponsors of H-1B -- twenty years of job
destruction by incumbent politicians.

There seems to be two different types of Americans -- those that have jobs
and those that don't. The ones that do won't help the ones that
don't. In two decades white collar professionals have seen their fellow
workers marched out company doors one-by-one, but as long as the remaining
employees have a job they think to themselves: "as long as it's not me on
the breadline I don't care".

About a month ago I received an email from a person who actively opposed
the H-1B program from the early days of the program -- way before I came on
the scene. It is a spontaneous commentary that I thought worth sharing with
you as we enter a new decade.  She gave me permission to edit it but I
tried to minimize changes to preserve its spontaneity. She asks to remain
anonymous.

She fought the program with all she had. In the early days of the struggle
she and a handful of politically inclined scientists and engineers thought
that they would quickly eradicate our nation of H-1B. It didn't happen
though. In two decades nothing changed except the number of H-1Bs working
in the United States.

Most of the early activists like her got burned out because the very
workers she struggled to help shunnned politics to enjoy the fruits of
lucrative jobs and narcissistic lifestyles. Fighting for American jobs
became too lonely, frustrating, and depressing.

A fundamental question she asks: what will become of the next generation of
Americans as this travesty continues?

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In two decades the corporatocrats have decimated high tech industries and
other decent paying professionals

I haven't expected any help from any union nor professional society for
almost two decades, which is plenty enough time for unions or professional
societies to prove which side of the road they are riding on. The only
professional group that has done anything has been Programmers Guild.
Twenty years of no help from any union or professional society has resulted
in *two* lost generations of America's best and brightest who once had
lofty dreams of building a better America.

Now, America is a broken nation with crumbling infrastructures and
off-shored manufacturing industries. It makes one want to sit down and cry
for what could have been had there only been an interest in doing what was
best for America by standing up for American professionals. It was not for
the lack of effort of individual American professionals like Dr. Gene
Nelson, Rob Sanchez, and Kim Berry but it was, and is, awfully lonely out
there without any union or society voices along side them.

Years ago I threw in the towel on the H-1B issue because I saw it as a lost
cause because it was just too lonely out there without the backing of
professional groups to stand beside America's professionals.

Simply put -- too many hogs at the H-1B slop trough of greed. Thanks to
Rob, Gene, Kim and others who have been willing to continue to stand up for
American professionals.

What could have America been in the 21st Century? Instead of offshoring,
destruction of U.S. manufacturing, and destruction of US research and
development we could have had groups of activists willing to stand up for
America's foundation for growth and development through its vast pool of
scientists, engineers, and programmers.

Instead, the future of America has been shattered. Generations of
professionals have been lost and dreams destroyed. I lay blame for this
destruction at the feet of those who have supported the H-1B and L-1 Visa;
and those who backed NAFTA and CAFTA.

Perhaps some day these people will wake up one morning and look themselves
in the mirror and realize the awful truth of what they have done to their
fellow Americans and how they have contributed to massive U.S. unemployment
and the shattering of America's industries and research.

Perhaps they will realize how their lack of support has destroyed the lives
of thousands of American professionals and their families, and brought
America to the brink of the economic crisis that we now stand at. A crisis
brought on because America no longer produces anything and no longer
develops anything of value -- all the while tens of thousands of brilliant
and well educated Americans could have been building up America.

And, at that moment of realization, they will weep for what they could have
done to help America but did not.

Life is about choices. Some people have chosen to do that which is decent
and right. To these folks: Dr. Gene Nelson, Rob Sanchez, Kim Berry and
others -- may God bless each and every one of you. Maybe through your
efforts some future generation will be able to have their dreams of careers
in science and engineering fulfilled. You have stood tall to do that which
is morally right. You are the kind of people that made America a great
nation and maybe you will be the thread that can bring it back.


LINKS:

Web version o this article:
http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2010/01/ ... -1b-two-lo
st-generations/

http://www.programmersguild.org/
Programmer's Guild

http://www.thesocialcontract.com/pdf/ei ... nelson.pdf
The Greedy Gates Immigration Gambit, by Gene A. Nelson

http://www.businessweek.com/bios/Kim_Berry.htm
Kim Berry

http://www.vdare.com/sanchez/index.htm
Rob Sanchez Articles


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[Jenny Lake]

I think this helps them prepare the next Holocaust --the one coming down on Israel-- in, what, 2 years from now? They've always been the major influence in American immigration policy as far as I can tell. So now they're preparing for more exodus, to where-ever.