AeA Calls for "Changes in Immigration Laws"

Date: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:03 AM

JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER

by Rob Sanchez
August 15, 2005 No. 1313

There is a growing cacophony of corporate lobbyists that are campaigning to allow more H-1B visa holders to come into the U.S. The main argument being used is that all the visas for 2006 have been gobbled up and that is proof that more visas are needed. It's the old argument that the visa limit should be determined by how many visas employers use, or in other words, there should be no limit.

This statement might at first glance to be a rather soft statement but it's really much, much more:

AeA, the nation's largest high-tech trade association,
today called for reforms in the current immigration laws
regarding highly educated workers in reaction to today's
announcement by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) that the H-1B Visa Cap has been met for 2006.

AeA is declaring their intention to lobby not only for more H-1Bs; they want to staple an automatic green card to each visa so that the foreign high-tech workers can stay in the U.S. permanently. Actually what's the point? They should be asking to abolish H-1B and to give unlimited Green Cards because the result would be exactly the same. Why bother with H-1B if the AeA gets their way?

We should be stapling Green Cards to the diplomas of every
foreign national who graduates from a U.S. educational
institution with a masters or PhD, and we should keep the
world's best and brightest here in the U.S. to help
strengthen our economy."

AeA isn't the only big-buck lobbying group that is joining the new campaign to import more foreign workers into the USA. Unfortunately there is no significant opposition to the corporate campaign to eliminate American labor. Most organizations that formed to oppose H-1B are in a state of decline or total disarray. Major engineering organizations remain silent even while the lobbying in Washington DC gains momentum. The future of the American worker is on the bargaining table and yet there is hardly a word of protest even from the workers whose jobs are in jeopardy.

I will be doing a series of newsletters to document this new campaign to lower the cost of labor by replacing American workers.

NOTE: Do not confuse AeA with the good guys at:

www.aea.org
www.aeaworld.org

I don't know if you noticed that this is newsletter #1313, but I think it's quite appropriate considering what this lobbying campaign means to American workers. May all of you that still have jobs RIP!

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August 12, 2005 03:30 PM US Eastern Timezone

AeA Calls for Changes in Immigration Laws for Highly Educated Workers as H-1B Visa Petitions Reach Cap for 2006

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2005--AeA, the nation's largest high-tech trade association, today called for reforms in the current immigration laws regarding highly educated workers in reaction to today's announcement by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that the H-1B Visa Cap has been met for 2006.

"Today's announcement by the USCIS further solidifies the fact that we need to take a serious look at immigration reform," said John Palafoutas, AeA's Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy. "America's well-kept secret is that it has rarely produced enough American-born workers with the requisite science and engineering background to support its knowledge economy. Our safety valve has been the H-1B Visa program, which was designed to augment the workforce. The current system is failing its original intentions.

"Denying entry of the world's most highly educated talent into the United States is taking its toll. We should be stapling Green Cards to the diplomas of every foreign national who graduates from a U.S. educational institution with a masters or PhD, and we should keep the world's best and brightest here in the U.S. to help strengthen our economy."

About AeA

AeA, founded in 1943 by David Packard, is the largest nonprofit high-tech trade association in the United States with nearly 2,500 companies, representing all segments of the industry and 1.8 million employees. Currently, AeA has 18 offices in and around the United States, as well as offices abroad in Brussels and Beijing. Our primary purpose is helping our members' top and bottom lines by providing the following services: Access to Investors; State, Federal & International Lobbying; Insurance Services; Government Procurement; Business Networking; Foreign Market Access; Select Business Services; and Executive Education.

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