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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
illegals can't get to the jobs  |
This is a bad thing?
The actual unemployment rate in the US is at least double the official figure; somewhere around 15%. But yeah, let's feel sorry for people from other countries who can't get into the US illegally to take jobs here.
The H-1B visa program has also got to be reined in. They've been using backdoors to get the number up to nearly 1 million per year. There is definitely not a shortage of US labor to that extent for skilled positions. Companies just take advantage of the fact that an Indian on an H-1B will work cheaper than an American.
When the US unemployment rate hits a certain figure, immigration applications need to pretty much stop being processed.