Prior to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival at the White House on Thursday, February 13th, both Indian press and several U.S.-based outlets were speculating that H-1B visas and the Indian diaspora would take center stage.
I'm glad to get this report regarding Modi's visit. You are correct to observe what is not being said. I feel like all of the work I and other Americans have been doing during the past 30+ years to oppose the hollowing out of America via the controversial H-1B Visa program is beginning to bear fruit. To learn more, there is a sampling of my articles via the Google search of both phrases, "Gene Nelson" and "H-1b" - there were a meager 67 articles. My August 5, 1999 U.S. House of Representatives testimony opposing the H-1b Visa is no longer the first search result. Somehow the URL for this House hearing has been obscured. https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju63314.000/hju63314_0f.htm
My likely explanation is "Follow the Money." Employer penury is the underlying cause.
Wow Gene! You got to testify sitting next to Fragomen himself.
So very true:
"Key deceptions include the National Science Foundation's repeated false claims in the late 1980s of a ''looming shortage of scientists and engineers.'' (S&Es) These false claims were used for the twin purposes of passage of the Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT–90) and the expansion of NSF's budget. The reality is a job shortage: For the nominal 13 million people that have been trained as S&Es since 1960, only about are actually employed as scientists or engineers (S+Es). Since Information Technology (IT) is an integral part of S&E, virtually all of these talented and skilled people demonstrate high aptitude and ability to perform IT tasks."
You'll be pleased to know I just submitted a 6K word article to American Affairs titled, How the H-1B Visa Was Born. Our researcher took a deep dive into the archives and pull out names like Harris Nathan Smith, the lobbyist you might be familiar with.
It was better than that. In advance of the hearing, I was able to obtain information rebutting Fragomen's false claim regarding long processing time delays from his ACIP website. With some persistence, I was able to rebut him briefly. From the bottom of page 84:
Mr. PEASE. Okay. Mr. Nelson?
Mr. NELSON. I first want to comment about something that you just talked about, this—basically, this claim to cumbersome bureaucracy from the U.S.—the ETA, I am referring to an item that appeared in ACIP News on the ACIP web site, and it says in a bulletin dated 6–16–99 that the new LCA fax system benefits to employers with an expected return times of three to 4 days or less, and no mail processing. This doesn't sound like a great bureaucratic bottleneck.
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And, furthermore, with regards to Y2K, I think that it was basically very much overblown.
I know I got under this wealthy immigration attorney's skin. After the hearing, our group, led by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) was passing Fragomen's group in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building. Fragomen made a prune face at me as we passed.
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The genesis of the controversial H-1B Visa program was the very obscure "Eilberg Amendment" enacted in 1976. This amendment granted colleges and universities the right to obtain *unlimited* H-1 Visas for professors and researchers. This was a consequence of the American Association of Universities lobbying Representative Joshua Eilberg (D-3-PA) with yet-undisclosed considerations. I wrote about this scandal. The search phrases are "Gene Nelson" and "Eilberg Amendment." The censorship is especially aggressive regarding my writings. Only 14 results remain. This leads to "Gene Nelson" and "Greedy Gates Immigration Gambit" with 16 results. Here is my key 2007 article: https://www.thesocialcontract.com/pdf/eighteen-one/tsc_18_1_nelson.pdf which mentions Rep. Joshua Eilberg three times. I can send you considerable background upon request.
I continue to be strongly motivated to push for reform of this corrupt immigration program. I believe that my lifetime earnings were cut by at least two million dollars by the unethical actions of a few greedy individuals. Others have died as a consquence of employer abuse of the H-1b Visa program. Here's an additional 2012 reference: https://www.thesocialcontract.com/pdf/twentythree-one/tsc_23_1_nelson.pdf
The end of dollar hegemony would be painful but it would force the US to produce and export to pay for imports and possibly lower the cost of American imports abroad through dollar devaluation, while shrinking the U.S. finance industry.
But would it be prudent at this point? I would like to think the administration wants to move to a more balanced trade if not more mercantile position which would could have the virtue of shrinking the finance industry.
I'm glad to get this report regarding Modi's visit. You are correct to observe what is not being said. I feel like all of the work I and other Americans have been doing during the past 30+ years to oppose the hollowing out of America via the controversial H-1B Visa program is beginning to bear fruit. To learn more, there is a sampling of my articles via the Google search of both phrases, "Gene Nelson" and "H-1b" - there were a meager 67 articles. My August 5, 1999 U.S. House of Representatives testimony opposing the H-1b Visa is no longer the first search result. Somehow the URL for this House hearing has been obscured. https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju63314.000/hju63314_0f.htm
My likely explanation is "Follow the Money." Employer penury is the underlying cause.
Wow Gene! You got to testify sitting next to Fragomen himself.
So very true:
"Key deceptions include the National Science Foundation's repeated false claims in the late 1980s of a ''looming shortage of scientists and engineers.'' (S&Es) These false claims were used for the twin purposes of passage of the Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT–90) and the expansion of NSF's budget. The reality is a job shortage: For the nominal 13 million people that have been trained as S&Es since 1960, only about are actually employed as scientists or engineers (S+Es). Since Information Technology (IT) is an integral part of S&E, virtually all of these talented and skilled people demonstrate high aptitude and ability to perform IT tasks."
You'll be pleased to know I just submitted a 6K word article to American Affairs titled, How the H-1B Visa Was Born. Our researcher took a deep dive into the archives and pull out names like Harris Nathan Smith, the lobbyist you might be familiar with.
It was better than that. In advance of the hearing, I was able to obtain information rebutting Fragomen's false claim regarding long processing time delays from his ACIP website. With some persistence, I was able to rebut him briefly. From the bottom of page 84:
Mr. PEASE. Okay. Mr. Nelson?
Mr. NELSON. I first want to comment about something that you just talked about, this—basically, this claim to cumbersome bureaucracy from the U.S.—the ETA, I am referring to an item that appeared in ACIP News on the ACIP web site, and it says in a bulletin dated 6–16–99 that the new LCA fax system benefits to employers with an expected return times of three to 4 days or less, and no mail processing. This doesn't sound like a great bureaucratic bottleneck.
Page 85
And, furthermore, with regards to Y2K, I think that it was basically very much overblown.
I know I got under this wealthy immigration attorney's skin. After the hearing, our group, led by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) was passing Fragomen's group in the basement of the Rayburn House Office Building. Fragomen made a prune face at me as we passed.
_________
The genesis of the controversial H-1B Visa program was the very obscure "Eilberg Amendment" enacted in 1976. This amendment granted colleges and universities the right to obtain *unlimited* H-1 Visas for professors and researchers. This was a consequence of the American Association of Universities lobbying Representative Joshua Eilberg (D-3-PA) with yet-undisclosed considerations. I wrote about this scandal. The search phrases are "Gene Nelson" and "Eilberg Amendment." The censorship is especially aggressive regarding my writings. Only 14 results remain. This leads to "Gene Nelson" and "Greedy Gates Immigration Gambit" with 16 results. Here is my key 2007 article: https://www.thesocialcontract.com/pdf/eighteen-one/tsc_18_1_nelson.pdf which mentions Rep. Joshua Eilberg three times. I can send you considerable background upon request.
Spot on with everything!
I continue to be strongly motivated to push for reform of this corrupt immigration program. I believe that my lifetime earnings were cut by at least two million dollars by the unethical actions of a few greedy individuals. Others have died as a consquence of employer abuse of the H-1b Visa program. Here's an additional 2012 reference: https://www.thesocialcontract.com/pdf/twentythree-one/tsc_23_1_nelson.pdf
Here's a 2008 reference that includes Exhibit 40 which I filed in the U.S. corruption case USA v Abramoff. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=5745608be8c787d5a802df3dd172154da453e176
The end of dollar hegemony would be painful but it would force the US to produce and export to pay for imports and possibly lower the cost of American imports abroad through dollar devaluation, while shrinking the U.S. finance industry.
And this would be bad because….?
But would it be prudent at this point? I would like to think the administration wants to move to a more balanced trade if not more mercantile position which would could have the virtue of shrinking the finance industry.
Why you are interested in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda?
Because 74% of H-1Bs visa holders come from India.
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