I could not believe my ears the other night on the news. Evidently, our government has placed nurses in the 'unskilled' category for visas to bring in cheaper, less-educated nurses from other countries.
What a slap in the face. :nono::nono:
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On Lou Dobbs, CNN - 06/27/07
". . . According to the State Department, the biggest of these programs is the H visa program. More than 300,000 H visas, in fact, were issued last year, including H-1B visas that allow American companies to replace American workers with cheaper paid foreigners. H visas are also used for nurses, farm workers and other so-called unskilled workers, if you can call a nurse unskilled... . "
I have more qualifications than you can shake a stick at!!!! I have studied for 17 years on and off-but hey you wanna call me an unskilled worker then it just shows ignorance.
They are not ignorant- they know very well that we are skilled. What it shows is that big business is very savvy, and has government in its pocket.
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Umm cannot have it both ways. We are supervisory personnel on one hand, and unskilled on the other? Sounds like typical gov't work to me. Siggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I asked this before but I cannot find any "proof" that the government are considering RN or LPN as unskilled. If anyone can find a link please let me know and I will start writing my reps.
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lou dobbs presentation is inaccurate.....someone did not proofread immigration website:
dobbs: president bush, in defending his grand compromise and call for comprehensive immigration reform, frequently says we need a guest worker program in order to secure our borders. not only is that tortured logic, but we already have a guest worker program.
in point of fact, mr. president, and all of you who advise this president -- are you ready? let's count them. we have at least eight guest worker programs already, together allowing more than a half million people to come here and work every year on visas.
according to the state department, the biggest of these programs is the h visa program. more than 300,000 h visas, in fact, were issued last year, including h-1b visas that allow american companies to replace american workers with cheaper paid foreigners. h visas are also used for nurses, farm workers and other so-called unskilled workers, if you can call a nurse unskilled.
last year our so-called free trade deals with other nations required the united states to allow more than 40,000 foreign workers to enter the united states to work on special e visas.
there are more than 15,000 so-called i visas for foreign journalists working here. more than 130,000 l visas. those are given to workers of foreign companies who then come to the united states to work here.
twelve and a half thousand o visas granted for what the government calls workers of extraordinary ability, including actors and academic leaders. nearly 34,000 p visas for athletes and other entertainers and artists.
twelve thousand r visas for religious workers, priests, rabbis and -- and imams. and finally, more than 5,500 visas are issued for canadian and mexican workers, courtesy of our agreement, nafta. more than 600,000 so-called temporary guest worker visas issued just last year alone.
and you should know, no one can tell us how many of those people working here under those visa programs have overstayed their visas.
so you wonder why the president thinks we need a guest worker program.
one of the eight guest worker programs that already exists, the l visa program, is exploited to provide cheap foreign labor at the expense of american workers.
and as bill tucker now reports, the biggest users and abusers of the program are also the biggest users of the h-1b visa program.
the h-1b is a nonimmigrant classification used by an alien who will be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation or as a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability.
what is a specialty occupation?
a specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge along with at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. for example, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts are specialty occupations.
how does one apply?
h-1b status requires a sponsoring u.s. employer. the employer must file a labor condition application (lca) with the department of labor attesting to several items, including payment of prevailing wages for the position, and the working conditions offered.
real beef here is lou dobbs false reporting. another case of whisper down the lane.... please don't spread misinformation.
Nurses unskilled uhn? That is as bad as a degree'd RN telling a diploma RN that she/he isn't REALLY a nurse because s/he doesn't have the college background!
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They are not ignorant- they know very well that we are skilled. What it shows is that big business is very savvy, and has government in its pocket.