Abolish H1B Visa program

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H-1B program is flawed beyond repair. It should be abolished in favor of something smarter. Corporations have no place being immigration middle men. Immigration is about something much more pure and sacrosanct than corporate profits. It needs to be abolished in favor of permanent immigration as opposed to corporate sponsorship. Immigration should be limited to 5% of net job gains each year. In years when we have job loss, It should be restricted. Off course there will be more people would applying than we have openings for. Then acceptance should be based on first come first serve basis. The case is about economics and national interest, and has nothing to do with race. The reason H1B visa holders are so easily exploited is because of corporate sponsorship. Green cards in sustainable numbers would make them equal players in the labor market. An H-1B visa amounts to second class labor and corporate sponsorship gives companies leverage against American workers wages and salary. This hurts American workers directly and it hurts us as a nation indirectly.

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6 hours ago Keisha J. from Alvarado, TX writes: h1b visa are for skilled people not for Indian that barely have gone school. It's all the cheapest cheating Indian that fake there resumes. I have started reporting them to h1b abuse email. Progress has been made and investigations are being done. Please ReportH1BAbuse Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
6 hours ago Brandon R. from Lawrence, MA writes: Someone from Wayne, PA.I don't disagree with your analysis or experience.I spoke from my experience at my company.That could be the reason why Americans lack experience in specific skill set because they were never hired in the first place.But how do we resolve this issue?. abolishing H1B?. Most of the Indians who were hired by other Indians and Americans gained their experiences and became citizens.Those jobs are gone forever.I saw some comments on increasing visa numbers by 1 billion.I wouldn't be surprised if they went ahead did that.Lot of CEOs are calling for infinite number of visas.I think it is crazy. Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
6 hours ago Someone from Wayne, PA writes: Brandon R. from Lawrence, MA Due to the predominance of INDIAN-controlled IT Departments in many areas of the country, Americans who HAVE the skills are experiencing difficulty being hired. INDIAN mob bosses rarely if ever hire Americans who are NOT from INDIA, American women and other minorities in particular, no matter how experienced or well educated they are. In more than 20 years as an IT consultant, I have rarely had a problem being hired into consulting positions when the hiring manager is an American, NOT from INDIA. On the other hand, I have NEVER received a job offer from an INDIAN manager and doubt I ever will. If I’ve said it before, I will say it again, “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a non-INDIAN American woman to be hired by an INDIAN man”. INDIA is 100 years or more behind America in terms of human rights and EEO, not to even mention the caste system. Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
7 hours ago Brandon R. from Lawrence, MA writes: My Company doesn't have training facility.It is easier for us to hire someone who is already well experienced to start working on their tasks.We don't want to spend money on training.But you bring up a good point.What Trump administration could do is offer incentives or tax credits to companies who could hire US citizens and offer them training.This would lead to reduction in the number of H1Bs in the near future.I don't see abolition of H1bs happening.I did sign this petition though. Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
7 hours ago Someone from New York, NY writes: Hey Brandon, why didn't you give an American training and give them a chance and stay with them until they get it? That's what the Indians do. Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
7 hours ago Brandon R. from Lawrence, MA writes: Some of the comments on here are true.I am a US citizen and an IT developer.My company never replaced US citizens with cheap foreign labor.My team tried to hire US citizens because of the uncertainity concerning H1Bs because of the recent executive orders by Trump, we received only 44 resumes.Only 3 of them were from US citizens and they lacked skills we were looking for.We ended up hiring an Indian who was a permanent resident.There are many stories like this.There are not that many US citizens who have skills to do IT jobs.Companies including mine would protest abolition of H1Bs.This is the reason Trump administration did not cut down the number of H1Bs.Unless Americans educate themselves in IT, I don't see a path to abolition.My company feels H1Bs have to be expanded though I am not for it.I see people commenting on here saying they were replaced by cheap labors and they couldn't find jobs for 5 years?. I find it very surprising.I know about Disney and other companies replacing workers with cheap foreign labor.But that is not in every company.The companies I know of hire Contractors and Permanent employees.I don't know of any incident where they were replaced by cheaper laborers. Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
7 hours ago Someone from New York, NY writes: Fox news host Jesse Watters - During the interview ,trump promised follow the Jesse Watters on twitter. https://twitter.com/jessebwatters https://www.facebook.com/JesseWattersFNC/ Please raise the H1B issues with him Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
8 hours ago Someone from Clemons, IA writes: Is this petition having any effect?.I don't see any change from American public or from Trump.Abolition of H1Bs don't seem to be happening.Everyday, I see Indians taking over the jobs and there are thousands of H1B issued for 2018.An Indian manager always hires other Indians.He never hires Americans.This is blatant racism.When Americans aren't allowed to do this how foreigners are allowed?.There is a bill proposed by Tom Cotton that cuts the immigration by half.It is a step in the right direction.But that bill has gone nowhere. Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
8 hours ago Someone from Houston, TX writes: Disgusted with this program. Please retroactively revoke. We are sick of seeing our corporations giving our jobs to foreigners. Where is the future of children? Where will they work? When IT, engineering, and business support jobs are being offshore and or run by foreigners. Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel
8 hours ago Thom S. from New York, NY writes: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4446760/Wealthy-Pakistani-asylum-seekers-jailed-six-months-apart.html The article is what America has to look forward to, Pakistani and Indian same breed, different culture Flag Comment REPORT COMMENTS Do you want to report these comments to the moderator for removal? They should be offensive, threatening, a duplicate submission, or spam. No, Cancel