Bad U.S. economy sends H-1B visa holders home

This hand-ringing from the Wall Street Journal by way of Vivek Wadhwa is supposed to make American IT managers think that they should lay off the American workers before they lay off the poor H-1Bs; which - of course - is exactly the opposite of what they are supposed to do to conform to the spirit and purpose of the H-1B program.

The following was the comment I left under the WSJ "Homeward Bound" article, which WSJ soon censored and/or deleted:

This article typifies the WSJ attitude of animosity toward American working people: toward American citizens whose fortunes depend more on their livelihoods than on their investments. Of course, the article sheds tears for a small number of affected temporary workers imported under the non-immigrant H-1B visa program but offers no sympathy to the millions of American citizens who have been laid off.

The article was posted on NOVEMBER 9, 2009, 10:58 P.M. ET, which would be perfect timing if one were trying to ensure that the first comments came in from India. First article commenter Jack Van Horn appears to have posted only minutes after the article was published, which is consistent with a previous knowledge of the article and publish time.

From the article: "Laxmi Aiyar, who is returning to India after she was laid off by her company, says, 'It is Indian talents who made America rich and prosperous. Now, they are throwing us out like a can of Pepsi.'"
This is balderdash calculated to be emotionally heartrending. Silicon Valley was built in the 1980's and early 90's, BEFORE the flood of Indian H-1Bs. The other American industries were built even earlier with virtually no Indian assistance.

Need one emphasize the fact that for some reason these temporary Indian foreign workers were LAID OFF? If they were that invaluable, why would they have been laid off?

First article commenter Jack Van Horn, a Silicon Valley HR consultant, in his own words from a previous WSJ posting under Google's Schmidt on What Sets Silicon Valley Apart:
"Hiring managers tell her that they've held on tight to their best people and laid off the Bs and Cs. Thus many people on the labor market today are the castoffs from elsewhere, and don't measure up".
So according to Mr. Horn, these "excellent people" we're "booting out" due to "America's decline" were the B's and C's who couldn't measure up. In his own words.

A parking space along a street in a city has a meter on it. The meter's purpose is to ensure that the parking space is only used temporarily; that is, it ensures that drivers don't start using it as their permanent parking space, leaving their cars there for weeks, etc.

H-1B visas are temporary work visas. Their stated purpose is to help employers obtain *temporary* foreign labor support under certain categories of labor, when the required skills cannot be found domestically.

From the article: "Niraj Sharma, a New York City consultant, was forced to pack in his entire life in the U.S. and return to India within a month. *'The H-1B process was clear and we knew its limitations.'*"
This Mr. Sharma is the wisest person quoted in the article.

The H-1B started in 1990 with 65,000 per year until 2000. In 2001, 2002, and 2003 the limit was 195,000. Since 2004 the limit is 85,000. Some H-1B positions do not count against the limit. Add all that up, take 40 percent of the total for Indians and the 16,000 going home is less than 3 percent. There lots of Indians still working here while qualified Americans are unemployed.

Can you handled the truth on the H-1b issue or do you want to read the propaganda fostered by the American Corporate press

try these websites
www.eiass.com/Articles.htm
www.eiass.E-Newsletters.htm

www.noslaves.com
www.brightfuturejobs.com
www.programmersguild.org

and of course this must watch video

www.youtube.com/programmersguild

and for music try
www.madnamerica.com

Those who came here on H-1Bs knew the score. I get so sick of them moaning about being "immigrants." They aren't immigrants, only immigrant wannabes using a temporary guestworker visa as a crowbar to get in the door. They need to go the heck home and let America get back to work. The entire notion of a "shortage" in any occupation whatsover in the current economy sounds like a sick joke. America was the world leader in technology, innovation, and engineering for many decades before the swarms of Indians showed up. They are NOT responsible for America's greatness. In fact, America has gone visibly downhill since the H-1B program ramped up.

TITLE 8 CHAPTER 12 SUBCHAPTER II Part II
§ 1182. Inadmissible aliens

(5) Labor certification and qualifications for certain immigrants
(A) Labor certification

(i) In general, any alien who seeks to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor is inadmissible, unless the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General that—

(I) there are not sufficient workers who are able, willing, qualified
(or equally qualified in the case of an alien described in clause (ii)) and available at the time of application for a visa and admission to the United States and at the place where the alien is to perform such skilled or unskilled labor, and

(II) the employment of such alien will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of workers in the United States similarly employed.
(ii) Certain aliens subject to special rule For purposes of clause (i)

(I), an alien described in this clause is an alien who—
(I) is a member of the teaching profession, or
(II) has exceptional ability in the sciences or the arts.

The Wall Street Journal article cited here has been found to be full of fabrications and plagiarism. Try the link for the WSJ article now and you'll see:

A Nov. 10 "New Global Indian" online column by New York City freelance writer Mona Sarika has been found to contain information that was plagiarized from several publications, including the Washington Post, Little India, India Today and San Francisco magazine. In the column, "Homeward Bound," about H-1B visa holders returning to India, Ms. Sarika also re-used direct quotes from other publications, without attribution, and changed the original speakers' names to individuals who appear to be fabricated. The column is the only work by Ms. Sarika to be published by the Journal, and it has been removed from the Journal's Web sites.