The following was sent to me from the Indiana Attorney General's
office:
"...is leading a coalition of 13 states in support of a U.S.
Department of Labor proposed rule to raise prevailing wage
requirements for foreign workers in the H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and
PERM programs. The change aims to better protect American jobs,
wages, and working conditions from the displacement and wage
arbitrage caused by the current H-1B system."
"The coalition states argue that the existing H-1B program too
often enables employers to import cheap foreign labor, displacing
U.S. workers and suppressing wages. Most employers are not even
required to attempt to recruit American workers first before
hiring H-1B workers, and enforcement of existing safeguards has
been weak."
'“We’re talking about changing a federal program that currently
enables and, in many ways, almost encourages employers to replace
American workers with low-cost foreign labor,” said Attorney
General Rokita. “It’s difficult to imagine a more disastrous and
harmful policy. I am proud to lead these states and stand with
the Trump administration to fix it.”'
*Key problems with the current system *[emphasis theirs]
" *Worker Displacement:* Companies have replaced American IT and
tech employees with H-1B workers, sometimes requiring laid-off
staff to train their replacements. Major firms have conducted
large layoffs while simultaneously seeking thousands of H-1B
approvals." [emphasis theirs]
*
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It goes on explaining how this opened the door to non-US Citizens
ending up in sensitive areas of the Government and sensitive
programs by the USGOV'MENT.
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Regards,
Steve Thompson
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