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Carly Fiorina supports massive skilled immigration ("There is no job that is America’s God-given right anymore") - 11/06/2009

... where they trade increases in H1B caps and the like in exchange for giving the Democrats a legalization program. They're willing to give the Democrats even more power in exchange for short-term profits, and that's not exactly a wise move. Here are some strong warning signs about her candidacy:

Doug Hoffman's immigration position, Part 2 - 11/02/2009

... that means something like the H1B program. Partial transcript follows:

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords considers pushing H-1B increase even as millions of Americans without work - 10/27/2009

... double or triple the number of H1B visas; those are usually used by high tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, and many others to obtain lower-wage, pliable foreign workers. Now, despite the fact that millions of Americans are unemployed, Giffords is considering bringing her bill back. Per this October 21 post: The Giffords bill is not on Thomas.gov yet. I called her office to ask what the s...

Gordon Crovitz /WSJ: millions of Americans are unemployed, so let's ramp up immigration - 4/27/2009

Former Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz offers "We Need an Immigration Stimulus/A recession is exactly when we want innovative outsiders" (link). Bracketed by various absurdities, he offers the following stats: Companies founded by immigrants include Yahoo, eBay and Google. Half of Silicon Valley start-ups were founded by immigrants, up from 25% a decade ago. Some 40% of pate...

Matt Richtel /NYT helps Google, Silicon Valley promote H-1B visas - 4/11/2009

Matt Richtel of the New York Times offers "A Google Whiz Searches for His Place on Earth" (link), part of that paper's "Remade in America: A series about the newest immigrants and their impact on American institutions". It's a true multimedia edutainment spectacular including audio, a slideshow, and even interactive features. And, as it happens, our ticky-tack laws an...

Dallas School District laid off Americans while seeking H-1B workers (DISD) - 3/30/2009

From this: About 50 [Texas] companies, along with [the Dallas Independent School District], applied for H-1B visas for jobs in Texas last year and then announced layoffs of thousands of workers in the state, a Dallas Morning News review of government databases shows... DISD had the most filings of any North Texas entity, with 380 requests for H-1B visas and five for permanent visas... "We�...

Josh Marshall /TPMTV misleads about Michelle Bachmann - 3/24/2009

It's apparently open season on Michelle Bachmann [1], so TPM TV - run by Josh Marshall [2] - offers the attached misleading video entitled "The Bachmann Effect". Leaving the other two segments aside, the middle segment takes her comments out of context and shows how little Marshall/TPM understand about immigration issues. The middle segment features part of a debate she conducted wi...

Thomas Friedman/NYT's anti-American, anti-Indian ad for H-1Bs - 2/11/2009

... It's basically an ad for the H1B program. Rather than having a life-changing conversation with an Egyptian cab driver, this time the "slightly tongue-in-cheek" words of wisdom are offered by an Indian newspaper editor, who offers this alternative stimulus plan: "All you need to do is grant visas to two million Indians, Chinese and Koreans... We will buy up all the subprime hom...

Microsoft lobbied Obama for H-1B increase shortly before laying off workers - 2/02/2009

From this: Microsoft urged the government to "remove caps that bar entry into the U.S. by high-skilled immigrants," about three weeks before announcing its first companywide layoff, according to a report in BusinessWeek. The request, part of a policy brief written in June 2008 and posted to the Obama-Biden Transition Project Web site in early January, does not represent a new stance for ...

Bailout: banks wanted thousands of foreign workers as they laid-off Americans (H-1B) - 2/01/2009

From this: Major U.S. banks sought government permission to bring thousands of foreign workers into the country for high-paying jobs even as the system was melting down last year and Americans were getting laid off, according to an Associated Press review of visa applications. The dozen banks now receiving the biggest rescue packages, totaling more than $150 billion, requested visas for more tha...

Will Dick Durbin block immigration "reform" (aka a massive amnesty)? - 3/27/2007

Could Senator Dick Durbin - an illegal immigration supporting hack who refered to himself and illegal aliens as "we" as in "we can win" - block immigration "reform" by trying to push for business-unfriendly H-1B related worker protections? From this: ...Durbin is considering the tougher standards for companies that want to bring temporary foreign workers into the coun...

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