Big international outsourcing companies are rigging the H1-B visa program which is squeezing out American workers and driving down wages for American tech workers. the outsourcing companies are squeezing out legitimate users of the program,” he said. “The H-1Bs are actually pushing jobs offshore.” Those firms have used the visas to bring their employees, mostly […]
Santorum: “Mr. Conservative” Cruz Wants 500% Hike in Foreign Workers
November 4, 2015 By 2 Comments
Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum took aim at fellow candidates Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio but especially Ted Cruz over their support for massive increases in visas for foreign high-tech workers under the H1-B program. “It’s not just the Democrats. It’s Democrats and Republicans,” Santorum said of immigration supporters, according to the Quad-City Times. “It’s Marco […]
Huckabee: Fair Tax Would “Solve” Illegal Immigration
November 2, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee visited a factory in Iowa recently touting his Fair Tax plan as a way to level the playing field for American workers against illegal immigrants. “One thing that does, it changes the whole idea of illegal immigration because it’s economically advantageous to pay the illegal because they can pay them […]
Trump Walks Back Foreign Worker Endorsement
October 30, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Donald Trump has carried the banner against illegal immigration to the top of the polls in the GOP Presidential sweepstakes. However, his performance in the latest debate regarding high-paying jobs being taken from Americans and given to foreign replacements through the H1-B visa program has slowed his momentum. Trump attempted to clarify his position in […]
Rubio Defends More H1-B Visas
October 29, 2015 By 6 Comments
Republican Presidential candidate Marco Rubio defended his position on increasing the number of foreigners allowed into the U.S. on H1-B visas, but tried to add some new conditions. Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) defended increasing the number of H-1B visas, but argued for reforms to prevent undercutting wages and abuse of […]
Trump Backtracks on H1-B Visas
October 29, 2015 By 9 Comments
Donald Trump stepped back from previous statements critical of a massive expansion in H1-B visas during the Republican debate yesterday. Trump was asked, “You have been very critical of Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, who has wanted to increase the number of these H-1Bs –.” He cut in to say he was “not at all” critical […]
