- Our elected officials in Washington, DC take an oath
of office to 'defend and protect' American citizens. Senators and Representatives
pledge their honor to work for the benefit of their American constituents
who voted them into office. However, today, after one decade, 890,000 high
tech American citizens were forced to train foreign workers and then were
fired via the H-1B visa program.
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- In 2000, not satisfied with 115,000 visas per year, Congress
increased the annual quota to more than 195,000 visas. That visa is why
you hear a foreign voice with broken English when you call for high tech
help.
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- It's your clue that another American citizen is out of
work.
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- Millions of college--trained American citizens have suffered
unemployment via Congressional actions. While employers raise the false
claim that positions are being "offshored," in reality, immigrants
from nations such as India, China, and Russia are displacing American citizens
while eroding American wage scales. Simultaneously, the economic elite,
who capture most of the value added by these professionals, are experiencing
unprecedented increases in their personal wealth - as working American's
economic stability teeters on the brink.
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- Hundreds of thousands of American citizen recent college
graduates are unable to find work. Instead, they are being forced to take
low--skill positions that make scant use of their training. Is this the
America we aspire to? Many still live, uninsured, with their parents. Employers
covet the "fresh cheap young blood" from Third World nations,
instead.
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- Government leaders trumpet "rising productivity"
and continue to suggest that job creation will eventually catch up with
population growth. The grim reality is that millions of jobs have been
cut since 2000. Those visa holders are "officially" working only
eight hours per day. Thus, having millions of these people working as indentured
servants in exchange for potential employer "green card" sponsorship
results in tens of millions of hours per year of uncompensated overtime
- an employer windfall worth billions.
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- Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman described the H-1B
visa program as another government subsidy (to employers) in 2002. How
many more subsidies can we afford? Highly skilled and experienced professionals
with PhDs and two decades of "high tech" employment are told
by employers they are "overqualified." This thinly--disguised
illegal employment discrimination on the basis of age and national origin
has meant that many Americans have been seeking full - time employment
since 2001. (One employer, Genuity, Inc. retained its special visa holders
while axing the jobs of hundreds of American citizens.)
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- It should be clear by now that these special visa programs,
which are a form of corporate welfare, often as a quid - pro - quo for
generous campaign contributions, are destroying America as a participatory
democracy. Plutocracy is becoming the power behind many government leaders.
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- A BRIEF HISTORY
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- The history of these employer - designed "cheap
labor" programs includes many ethical lapses. The H visa was created
in 1952 to give "special handling" to western range-land owners
who wanted inexpensive imported sheepherders. The term "special handling"
means that employers don't have to attest that they are usurping American
citizen's access to jobs. In 1976, in response to still undisclosed considerations,
the Association of American Universities (AAU) successfully lobbied U.S.
Representative Joshua Eilberg for the passage of the "Eilberg Amendment"
which granted universities special handling for college professors and
researchers.
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- AAU members imported unprecedented numbers of these skilled
professionals at bargain - basement prices, since the employer could sponsor
the special visa holder for permanent residency after six years of quasi
- slave labor. These colleges cut off the chance for bright, dedicated
American citizens to pursue a career in research or teaching. Instead,
some worked in those fields for a total of six years, but were discarded
by employers like yesterday's newspaper.
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- Even more shocking, employers are now importing people
to work in very sensitive positions affecting our nation's infrastructure
and national defense. Non - American workers are teaching our young people
in elementary schools - and teaching some very un - American values, (such
as how unimportant women are, based on the entrenched cultures of India,
Middle East and mainland China) to their receptive young charges.
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- IMPORTING POVERTY
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- The goal of most employers is clear. Drive down U.S.
wages with labor gluts that result from removing all protections against
displacement by desperate Third World wage earners.
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- OUR NEXT STEPS
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- What can be done to equalize the power of American citizens
against these "robber barons?" The first step is to widely circulate
information like this article. The opposition annually spends millions
of dollars in sophisticated public relations campaigns. American citizens,
harnessing the power of the Internet, can counteract their propaganda.
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- Joining organizations such as WashTech.com, NAEA.US,
NumbersUSA.com and FAIRUS.ORG gives you access to citizen empowerment tools
to take back this democracy before it is too late. The leadership of reformers
such as U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo should be supported and encouraged.
We hope it does not take bloody street riots to re-establish American democracy.
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- The job you save by becoming an activist today may be
your job tomorrow.
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- Write for that 28-point action letter to stop this nation-destroying
madness. For you West Coast night owls, every Thursday you can catch yours
truly in Las Vegas, Nevada on Mark Edwards' "Wake Up America"
talk show on 50,000watt KDWN-Am-720 10:00 PM to midnight PT, or on the
worldwide internet at www.wakeupamericafoundation.com On the home page,
click on www.americanvoiceradio.com heard around the world. Five nights
a week, Edwards engages patriots from across the nation to bring you the
latest on this nation-destroying invasion. If you are affected by illegal
aliens, please write 600 to 800 words for national publication. Your name
will remain private.
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