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On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 10:39:06 AM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: > > Actually it's cheaper to lower the standard of living for American workers > when they reach the level of say India and Mexico, American corporations > will be patriotic once again. > > On Sep 7, 2016 6:59 AM, "plainolamerican" <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Caterpillar Hires H-1B Foreign Graduates, Fires 300 American Professionals >> --- >> of course .... profits are paramount. >> it's obviously cheaper than educating Americans. >> >> On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 11:33:59 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote: >>> >>> >>> Here we go again.... >>> >>> Caterpillar is firing 300 American employees in Mossville, Illinois, >>> even though it is continuing to recruit and pay foreign “H-1B” >>> guest-workers to do the white-collar jobs sought by American professionals >>> in the United States. >>> >>> >>> Caterpillar’s combination of white-collars layoffs and H-1B outsourcing >>> matches the much-criticized decision by Carrier, a company in next-door >>> Indiana, to outsource 1,400 blue-collar factory jobs to Mexico. >>> >>> >>> Outsider GOP candidate Donald Trump has vigorously denounced the >>> outsourcing by Carrier’s air-conditioning business. His opposition has >>> helped him get a nine-point polling advantage in the state. But Trump’s >>> support for major reforms to the H-1B program >>> <http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2015/08/18/donald-trump-aligns-with-iowas-chuck-grassley-on-h-1b-visa-reform/> >>> to >>> reduce the outsourcing of professional jobs is raising his support among >>> upper-income professional-class voters in many other states. >>> >>> >>> The Caterpillar outsourcing “is all the same thing happening over and >>> over again,’ said John Miano, a lawyer and software expert who has sued the >>> federal government to reduce or stop various outsourcing programs, such as >>> the H-1B visa. “What we see is that companies ask for more [H-1B visas] >>> while they’re laying off the same kind of [American professionals] … this >>> is going to be an election that decides whether this continues,” Miano >>> said. >>> >>> >>> Early in 2016, Caterpillar asked the federal government for 71 H-1B >>> visas needed to hire foreign white-collar college-grads. At least 30 of the >>> requested H-1B visas are for engineers and other skilled professionals in >>> Mossville, which is suffering the most layoffs. >>> >>> >>> At least 44 of the visas requested in 2016 are for foreign graduates who >>> are already working at Caterpillar in the United States. These >>> “continuation” visas are automatically approved, and do not count against >>> the much touted annual limits on H1-B visas. >>> >>> >>> Another 22 of Caterpillar’s visas are for new hires. >>> >>> >>> Since 2012, Caterpillar has requested 768 visas for H-1B workers. >>> Roughly speaking, companies get one-fifth of the H-1B visas they request, >>> suggesting the company has outsourced at least 100 U.S.-based jobs to >>> lower-wage foreign graduates. >>> >>> >>> The visa allows the H-1B workers to stay for at least three years, and >>> some manage to stay permanently. For example, the company has also >>> helped get green cards — the precursor to citizenship — for roughly 70 >>> foreign college graduates. Most of these green card employees have replaced >>> Americans software graduates. >>> >>> >>> [image: Screen Shot 2016-09-06 at 3.55.50 PM] >>> <http://media.breitbart.com/media/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-3.55.50-PM.png> >>> >>> >>> Caterpillar has not responded to emails from Breitbart. >>> >>> >>> While Trump has promised to reform the controversial H-1B program >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa> as part of his plan to ensure >>> that immigration law helps Americans before companies or foreign workers, >>> Hillary Clinton has been a strong supporter of the H-1B program >>> <http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/06/28/graduates-staple-green-cards-hillary-clinton/>, >>> >>> and her foundation has tried to hire more than 130 foreign professionals >>> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/10/clinton-foundation-hires-h-1b-guest-workers-in-place-of-american-graduates/> >>> in >>> place of young Americans. >>> >>> >>> That political difference over white-collar outsourcing may become >>> critical in the new few weeks when Trump tries to raise his support among >>> college graduates. >>> >>> >>> Trump is already doing well among blue-collar families, party because of >>> his promise to start enforcing existing laws that bar the hiring of >>> illegals. But Trump is doing poorly among college-graduates, partly >>> because few white-collar workers yet recognize the pocketbook impact to >>> them of federal immigration practices >>> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/21/moodys-trump-immigration-labor-reform/>. >>> >>> Fewer still know that states are also allowing illegal immigrants to >>> work in professional jobs >>> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/18/new-york-allow-illegals-teach-practice-medicine-obtain-professional-licenses/>. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> American professionals prefer to ignore the threat from the government’s >>> H-1B program, said Miano. “They all all think ‘I’m good… if I keep up >>> my skills, I don’t have anything to worry about’ — but they don’t know >>> these [hiring] decisions are being made by accountants who have no idea >>> what their skills are,” he said. >>> >>> >>> That outsourcing process is a huge threat to the middle class because it >>> is “cutting off the ability of people to rise up,” he said. “The whole >>> thing of the middle class is to send your kids to college, get professional >>> jobs and move up — but now that is being destroyed” by outsourcing, Miano >>> said. >>> >>> >>> Many companies outsource U.S. white collar jobs to foreign professionals >>> — Disney <http://www.myvisajobs.com/Search_Visa_Sponsor.aspx?N=disney>, >>> DeLoitte <http://www.myvisajobs.com/Search_Visa_Sponsor.aspx?N=deloitte>, >>> many hospitals >>> <http://www.myvisajobs.com/Search_Visa_Sponsor.aspx?N=hospital>, >>> Facebook, Intel >>> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/04/21/intel-lays-off-12k-looking-import-11600-foreign-workers-since-2010/>, >>> >>> Qualcomm, Microsoft, plus many smaller companies, such as the Toys R Us >>> retailer, Cengage publishing firm, and New York Life insurance company >>> <http://www.epi.org/blog/h-1b-outsourcing-visa-ship-american-jobs-overseas/>. >>> >>> The scale and details of the outsourcing movement can be tracked at >>> websites, including MyVisaJobs.com <http://myvisajobs.com>. >>> >>> >>> Virgil Bierschwale, a displaced software expert, has posted details of >>> the H-1B program <http://h1bhuntinglicenses.com/About> and maps showing >>> <http://h1bhuntinglicenses.com/DashBoard> the locations and employer >>> contacts for H-1B requests. >>> >>> Much of the 2016 H-1B outsourcing at Caterpillar is for engineering jobs >>> held by Americans. >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://media.breitbart.com/media/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-4.14.26-PM.png> >>> >>> [image: Screen Shot 2016-09-06 at 4.14.26 PM] >>> <http://media.breitbart.com/media/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-4.14.26-PM.png> >>> >>> >>> >>> Commercial job search boards show many Americans are qualified for those >>> jobs. Indeed.com, for example, offers the resumes of 2,445 engineers within >>> a 25-mile distance of Mossville, including some recently posted resumes of >>> Caterpillar’s soon-to-be-outsourced employees. >>> >>> >>> http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/06/caterpillar-hires-h-1b-foreign-graduates-fires-300-american-professionals/ >>> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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