Re: H-1B visas [ ... ]
I'm not a fan of the H-1B program. Rather than tie them to specific jobs (which makes the employee basically a serf of the employer), analyze the job market and decide that the U.S. needs an additional 5,000 storage admins, 1000 software architects, 2000 semiconductor engineers, etc, and then let people in with H-1B visas to pursue those jobs. So the H-1B resides with the worker, NOT the employer. DON'T force employees into employment with a single firm that can then use that leverage to force them to take sub-standard pay and working conditions, and you can "F off back home" if you don't like what you are being offered.
Also, don't allow H-1Bs to replace currently employed U.S. workers, as you have seen in some of these IT outsourcing deals where H-1Bs are brought in and the the U.S. workers are forced to train them as replacements, and then shoved out the door.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
