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Spouses of L and J visa holders are able to work; and as you said, 860K immigrants are added to the system every year. I don't quite understand the grief over

Spouses of L and J visa holders are able to work; and as you said, 860K immigrants are added to the system every year. I don't quite understand the grief over spouses of H visa holders from India and China being allowed to work legally. The family, by then, have filed for a green card, made clear indication of wanting to immigrate to the country and are not allowed to do so only because of unfair per-country quota limits. As an aside, I hope HR 392 [1] passes. It eases out the per-country quota limits for skilled immigration over 5 years. It currently has 173 co-sponsors in the house. [1]: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/392 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/392

davidf18 10y ago
Passing the bill means more importation of cheap labor effectively lower wages while displacing Americans from working in America. I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it.
- mavelikara 10y ago
  > Passing the bill means more importation of cheap labor effectively lower wages while displacing Americans from working in America. > I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it. I don't mean to be snarky, but you really need to educate yourself on these issues better before commenting here. The bill does nothing to increase the number of H-1Bs, nor reduce the enforcement of existing H-1B regulations. All it does it remove the long (decade+) backlogs for skilled immigrants from India and China. So, in summary, this bill does not have any effect on your stated position - enforcing the H1-B Visa law.
  - davidf18 10y ago
    It does allow more immigrants to displace American workers or workers looking for work or depress American wages. The only bill that needs passing is one that rescinds all H1-b visas that don't follow the letter of the law including the Disney H1-b workers that displaced Americans.
    - mavelikara 10y ago
      > It does allow more immigrants to displace American workers or workers looking for work or depress American wages. It does not grant any benefits to anyone not already in the system and on the path to immigration, so no, it does not "allow more immigrants to <whatever>".

davidf18 10y ago

Passing the bill means more importation of cheap labor effectively lower wages while displacing Americans from working in America. I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it.

mavelikara 10y ago
> Passing the bill means more importation of cheap labor effectively lower wages while displacing Americans from working in America. > I'm for enforcing the H1-B Visa law which means only for jobs where there is no American with the skill to perform it. I don't mean to be snarky, but you really need to educate yourself on these issues better before commenting here. The bill does nothing to increase the number of H-1Bs, nor reduce the enforcement of existing H-1B regulations. All it does it remove the long (decade+) backlogs for skilled immigrants from India and China. So, in summary, this bill does not have any effect on your stated position - enforcing the H1-B Visa law.
- davidf18 10y ago
  It does allow more immigrants to displace American workers or workers looking for work or depress American wages. The only bill that needs passing is one that rescinds all H1-b visas that don't follow the letter of the law including the Disney H1-b workers that displaced Americans.
  - mavelikara 10y ago
    > It does allow more immigrants to displace American workers or workers looking for work or depress American wages. It does not grant any benefits to anyone not already in the system and on the path to immigration, so no, it does not "allow more immigrants to <whatever>".