Bush says border solution includes swinging door
‘Temporary worker program’ to let people cross boundary needed
WorldNetDaily’s White House correspondent, Les Kinsolving, covers the recent press conference on border security:
The solution to security issues on the U.S. border with Mexico will need to include some sort of swinging door so that workers can come and go as they want, according to the White House press secretary.
Read the complete article here.
March 15, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I’d say that swinging door just hit his ass on his way out.
March 15, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Apropos Bush’s “swinging door” policy, this is what’s happening on the legal immigration front:
Two bills were just announced that could as much as triple the number of H-1B visas. Both bills are called “emergency H-1B hikes” in the wake of Gates’ unilateral Congressional testimony earlier this week - no opposing viewpoint or testimony was considered.
The Innovation Employment Act (H.R.5630) sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), would double the H-1B cap to 130,000 beginning in 2008 and would allow the cap to almost triple to 180,000 if the limit is reached in the preceding year. At the same time, it would potentially allow in many more foreigners, as the bill would exempt from that cap anyone who has received a master’s or doctorate from a U.S. university in math, science, engineering, and other technology fields (STEM). It would also undermine the value of a U.S. education by allowing up to 20,000 additional H-1B
visas to be allotted for people who obtained STEM degrees from institutions outside the United States.
The Strengthening United States Technology And Innovation Now (SUSTAIN) Act, proposed by Lamar Smith (R-TX), would raise the H-1B visa cap to 195,000 in 2008 and 2009.
Spent your time and money “doing the right thing” in your education and work for American economic competitiveness? If this passes, your government just blew you off!
March 15, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Americans who work in computers are losing out to foreigners who will work for less money. I have seen it firsthand as a recruiting manager. I received over 100 resumes for one position in Tucson, many of whom had been out of work for some time and were working in retail, real estate, etc just to make ends meet. The government is allowing American business to gain foreign workers and pay them less while dropping American workers. Oh, and most of the workers will be coming from Muslim countries- just what we need.