Stop Supporting H-1B Visa

http://lamarsmith.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=196966

To Representative Lamar Smith and all other Senators and Congressperson

H-1B Visas do not help the anyone's economy. Worse the practice has reached an immoral level closing in on the weapons trade and slavery. Support for expansion of these visas has turned me away from the republican party for good. While I am uniquely affected and specifically suffer because of these visa's, I believe that my position is based on fact and logical conclusions. Both of which are the mainstay of this blog. Lately I have noticed that I am interviewed by Visa Staff and not called back for positions where I am the perfect candidate, Yet these are filled by incompetent Visa staff shortly thereafter.

I do not have any blame or ill will for the person who accepts this opportunity, they are doing what they can for their family and themselves. I have many friends and contacts who are Visa staff. I blame the corporations for shortsightedness in not recognizing that they are outsourcing their own economy?

• As a technical tradesman my hourly expected wage has decreased by 40% over the last ten years because of the influx of competition by Visa contingent staff.
• The Corporate position that qualified individuals are not locally available is completely untrue and dishonest.
• Corporations have adopted a policy of NO SCHEDULE, NO OVERTIME which puts employees in the position of having to work 60 hours for 40 hours pay. US workers can look for a new job, Visa workers cannot complain without the ramification of being sent back to their country of origin.
• Just as US workers have access to agencies to protect their rights, visa staff know that any issues will result in the revocation of their visa.
• Visa workers do not spend the majority of their income here in the US, so our economy is less affected versus a US worker who may have paid for a better education and every penny is spent here.
• Any technical progress/invention is now the property of the host country. Automatic, Effective and complete industrial espionage sponsored by the US Government.
• Flight risk and security issues, Going home soon, Take a US customer database with you as you go.

I am equally concerned with US government bodies (State and Federal) outsourcing work overseas.
I had heard in the news that the CA unemployment phone line was answered in the Philipines but I have not been able to confirm.