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06-13-2012, 12:20 PM
An accurate and balanced article by Matt O'Brien of the San Jose Mercury News (http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_20668644/silicon-valley-foreign-worker-search-speeds-up-after) indicates that IT firms' hiring of H-1B workers has tripled this year, a fact that doesn't yet indicate a thing to Kim Berry, H-1B opponent and president of the Programmers Guild. Mr. Berry instead quickly moves to politicize the discussion by characterizing H-1B workers as "cheaper not better," and by referring to H-1B employers as "penny pinchers."
Mr. Berry is either uninformed or conveniently ignoring the fact that H-1B employers can pay an initial government fee of up to $5,550.00 to file one H-1B petition on behalf of a foreign professional. This amount does not include attorney fees or any guarantees. Mr. Berry's statements also do not take into consideration the many intellectual and business contributions that H-1B and ex-H-1B workers have made (http://www.inc.com/vivek-wadhwa/how-the-indians-succeeded-in-silicon-valley.html) to better his home State of California.
Mr. O'Brien's article includes a succinct description of President Obama and Mitt Romney's views on the H-1B program. "Romney's economic plan proposes raising the visa caps for highly skilled foreign workers," while President Obama "has not articulated any major changes to the H-1B program." The latter statement could also have read: '...no more major changes have been articulated beyond the near doubling of H-1B filing fees for certain firms, as implemented by this Administration's Public Law 111-230 (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a68794687538b210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCR D&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1 RCRD), and the unchecked increase in unjustified denials, audits and requests for evidence (http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cisomb_2010_annual_report_to_congress.pdf) issued of late by the USCIS and US Consulates (http://ashwinsharma.com/2012/02/13/indian-l1-and-h1bs-denied-or-issued-rfe-query-l-1-for-indian-professionals-denied-up-to-five-times-as-often.aspx).'
- Ashwin Sharma, Esq.
More... (http://ashwinsharma.com/2012/05/23/tech-firms-triple-their-recruitment-rate-for-h-1b-workers-h-1b-visa-opponents-find-their-voices-again.aspx?ref=rss)
Mr. Berry is either uninformed or conveniently ignoring the fact that H-1B employers can pay an initial government fee of up to $5,550.00 to file one H-1B petition on behalf of a foreign professional. This amount does not include attorney fees or any guarantees. Mr. Berry's statements also do not take into consideration the many intellectual and business contributions that H-1B and ex-H-1B workers have made (http://www.inc.com/vivek-wadhwa/how-the-indians-succeeded-in-silicon-valley.html) to better his home State of California.
Mr. O'Brien's article includes a succinct description of President Obama and Mitt Romney's views on the H-1B program. "Romney's economic plan proposes raising the visa caps for highly skilled foreign workers," while President Obama "has not articulated any major changes to the H-1B program." The latter statement could also have read: '...no more major changes have been articulated beyond the near doubling of H-1B filing fees for certain firms, as implemented by this Administration's Public Law 111-230 (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a68794687538b210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCR D&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1 RCRD), and the unchecked increase in unjustified denials, audits and requests for evidence (http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cisomb_2010_annual_report_to_congress.pdf) issued of late by the USCIS and US Consulates (http://ashwinsharma.com/2012/02/13/indian-l1-and-h1bs-denied-or-issued-rfe-query-l-1-for-indian-professionals-denied-up-to-five-times-as-often.aspx).'
- Ashwin Sharma, Esq.
More... (http://ashwinsharma.com/2012/05/23/tech-firms-triple-their-recruitment-rate-for-h-1b-workers-h-1b-visa-opponents-find-their-voices-again.aspx?ref=rss)