US senator (Schumer) promises more L1, H1B visas for Indians

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Amid Indian IT firms' concerns over restrictive US visa policies for their employees, a top American senator has assured that he is working on a bipartisan bill that will reform immigration laws and allow more Indians to come to America.

Influential US Senator from New York Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met noted Indian-American hotelier and Chairman of Indian-American Democrats Sant Singh Chatwal at his Manhattan hotel here on Friday.





http://profit.ndtv.com/News/Article/us-senator-promises-more-l1-h1b-visas-for-indians-300441

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Is there some shortage of American IT professionals of which I'm unaware?

I am not anti-immigration by any stretch of the imagination, but in a sector of the economy that often sees people go years without being able to find employment after getting laid off, is it possible that companies have been holding out on hiring in order to expand the visa program and hire more immigrants at lower wages? Knowing corporations as I do, I consider it very likely.

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2. Citizen tech workers have experienced a brutal violation of 'equal justice' clause

being singled out again, and again and again endlessly for wage suppression and direct displacement

anyone catch the names of the senators in the story

anyone know what party they belong to?

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3. Every citizen tech worker who has lost a job in the last 20 years has been deliberately displaced

by BOTH parties, because that does not happen in a true 'shortage'

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4. think either of these guys would meet with YOU?!?!?

if you lost your job, and opposed this action?

we have the best government, money can buy

[DJ13]

5. Schumer & Reid

Why am I not surprised?

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6. with 'friends' like that

you dont need republicans

[OhioChick]

7. Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid?

Wow...just wow.

[TheKentuckian]

8. These fuckin guys!!!

Why?!?

[Skidmore]

9. Perhaps Chuck Schumer should hear from a Spring Occupy

group. Occupy Jobs.

[snagglepuss]

10. Why are Indian American Democrats lobbying for Indian workers?

Is there going to be or is there now an Indian version of AIPAC?

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12. 'Indian version of AIPAC' -> yup, called NASSCOM and USINPAC

as well as SCORE

http://www.sikhcouncilusa.org/article.aspx?article=evtdinner

Sikhs receive an embrace at the Capitol Hill by the political leaders of America

Washington May 18th - “I am delighted to be the Senator from Punjab as well as from New York” said Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and the former first lady of the United States of America. She received a standing ovation and thunderous applause from the Sikh Americans who had gathered in the Senate side of the Capitol Hill on May 17th for the Sikh American Heritage Dinner Event in Washington, DC. The Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), based in the nation’s capital organized this event.



(pic is from that specific event where she said that)

It is a great insult for a senator to introduce themselves as being the senator form ANYWHERE ELSE but the state that elected them, particularly when that state is mentioned SECOND

[Angry Dragon]

11. enough of this bullshit

[RB TexLa]

13. This needs to be done across all technology fields. You don't move ahead by relying on your own

talent only. You bring in as much as you can into your pool.

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14. bump nt

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15. 'met noted Indian-American hotelier'

hotels are not a major user of H-1b L1 visas (although they do use some)

so it's a blatent plea for foreign nation/specific ethnic favors, which Reid and Schumer are tripping over themselves to provide

with NO discussion with ordinary Americans, who's only ties are to the USA

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16. arent people shocked by this? nt