Stop Offshoring
Sunday, July 22, 2007
There's a debate in BusinessWeek regarding H-1B visas called "Beware the H-1B Visa". Of course, I landed on the side that believed H-1B usage should be curbed. Some quotes from the argument:
- The H-1B program has been corrupted by a large and growing share of firms that use it for cheap labor and to facilitate the outsourcing of jobs.
- The H-1B visa is so critical to the offshore outsourcing industry that India’s Commerce Minister has dubbed it the "outsourcing visa." Seven of the top 10 H-1B employers are offshore outsourcing firms, none of whom hire many Americans
- Rather than preventing it, the program speeds up the outsourcing of high-wage high-technology jobs.
- A sizable share of the U.S. high-tech workforce understands this logic, and justifiably views the H-1B program as a threat and a scam.
- the government uses immigration policy to work against technology professionals.
The author correctly describes the H-1B visa as what it is, a corrupt tool by greedy corporations to pad their bottom line at the expense of American workers.
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