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Title: Ted Cruz, the presidential candidate who wants to increase the H-1B cap by 500%
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Computerworld
URL Source: http://www.computerworld.com/articl ... rease-the-h-1b-cap-by-500.html
Published: Mar 23, 2015
Author: Patrick Thibodeau
Post Date: 2016-03-10 16:11:54 by nativist nationalist
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Views: 369
Comments: 6
Cruz argued for increasing the base H-1B cap to 325,000 t's going to be hard for the Republicans to field a presidential candidate as enthusiastic about the H-1B visa as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Cruz, who announced his presidential bid this morning, once proposed an immediate increase in the base H-1B cap from 65,000 to 325,000. Cruz offered the H-1B increase as an amendment in 2013 to the Senate's comprehensive immigration bill. Cruz's amendment was defeated by the Senate's Judiciary Committee, which approved an 180,000 H-1B cap increase in the comprehensive immigration bill. The House never acted on this legislation. Cruz's H-1B amendment, however, proposed increasing H-1B fees from $1,500 to $2,500 for those with 25 employees or more. The money would be used to create block grants to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education. During the Senate committee debate, Cruz said imposing restrictions on the visa was unnecessary, but said he would support restrictions if the Judiciary Committee – then debating the bill – would agree to his cap recommendation. Among the restrictions in the Senate bill was a provision aimed at large offshore outsourcing providers that limited their use of H-1B or L-1 visa workers to 50% of their workforce. Cruz is part of large group of politicians who will not acknowledge the H- 1B's visas use in offshore outsourcing or the reality of U.S. workers who are forced to train their visa-holding replacements. In defending this H-1B increase, Cruz cited a study by the American Enterprise Institute, which argued that visa workers create jobs. This organization primarily represents the views of large companies and asset management firms. Poster Comment: He thinks Rubio's gang of eight bill did not increase legal immigration enough. Taqiyya Ted says one thing to the voters, and does something else for his ruling class patrons.
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#1. To: nativist nationalist (#0)
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When are americans going to wake up, take their money and leave the place to the hispanics. I know a nice little beach where they would be very comfortable
LOL, 75 years later and you guys still face the same strategic dilemma.
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