While we all are examining this new Trade Deal and thankfully Public Citizen is analyzing, yet another Corporate cheap labor agenda item is potentially about to be passed, brokered in back room deals and going unnoticed.
The bill, S.1348 : A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. From the congressional record:The text of S.1348 has not yet been received from GPO. In other words, the bill is not available to the public for review.
Yet the renamed S.1348 is supposedly S.2611, the "comprehensive" immigration reform bill that has massive H-1B Visa increases, yet even more guest worker Visas and even a method to turn our University system into a glorified green card machine.
The text is not even presented to the public, yet this is supposedly the Senate business of May 14th, which is tomorrow!!!!.
So, why is it that we have H-1B Guest worker Visas in this mix when it has been shown repeatedly that
THERE IS NO TECH WORKER SHORTAGE!
Here is even more accurate research details from the Economic Policy Institute
Why is it that we have these bills:
H.R. 4378, Pascrell
Defend the American Dream Act
HR 3381 DeLauro, L-1
L-1 Nonimmigrant Reform Act
and even the very watered down
S.1035, H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007
dying in committees instead of being brought to the floor even though the evidence is overwhelming that these reforms are needed by the U.S. middle class?
The 2006 Election results gave a clear mandate that the American people wanted economic justice for the U.S. workforce, so why is Labor Arbitrage more important than U.S. workers?
Latest on back room deal. Pretty much the latest word is no one in the Senate is really standing up for STEM professionals, tech workers, career oriented professionals and stopping the labor arbitrage insanity. These are some of the last jobs where one can raise a family in a middle class lifestyle.