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Cronies Orrin Hatch and Bob Goodlatte mentioned in this article.
12/12/14, "House, Senate GOP Leaders Gearing Up to Increase Guest-Worker Permits," Breitbart, Tony Lee
"Top Republican leaders in the House and Senate are gearing up to
push legislation in the next Congress that would increase the number of
foreign guest-workers even in industries that do not need them. They are
hoping such legislation would "open the door" to a broader
comprehensive immigration bill.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who chairs the Senate Republican High-Tech
Task Force, wants to push his Immigration Innovation Act (I-Squared)
that would increase the number of high-tech visas, even though there is no evidence
that there is a shortage of American high-tech workers. Tech industry
lobbies, like Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us, have spent millions trying to
secure massive increases in guest-worker visas that would give them an
endless supply of cheap foreign labor even as companies like Microsoft
are laying off 18,000 American workers.
"If we can do I-Squared, I think it would open the door to
real, decent, honorable
immigration reform itself," Hatch told Reuters.
As Reuters notes, "Hatch represents the tech-rich 'Silicon Slopes'
state of Utah, and regularly talks to tech moguls." He has met with
Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella and Apple CEO Tim Cook, and he
recently told
a gathering at Overstock.com headquarters that "there is agreement on
reforming the rules governing high-tech visas, known as H-1b visas" and
it could "help pave the way for additional and more far reaching
reforms.”
Hatch, whose "bill was first introduced last year with Republican Marco
Rubio and Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Chris Coons" and ended up in the
Senate's "Gang of Eight" comprehensive amnesty bill, reportedly said, "I
think virtually every Republican would vote for this, and I suspect
that we'll get a considerable number of Democrats too."
In the House, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), the Judiciary Committee Chairman, told The Hill that
House Republican leaders are looking at "legislation dealing with
reforming our legal immigration programs, particularly for high-skilled
workers and for agricultural workers." He said, “I think that we are
going to look at moving those early in a new Congress.”
Last year, Goodlatte hosted
a Silicon Valley fundraiser in which donors gave between $10,000 and
$40,000. One guest, venture capitalist Rob Conway, said that before he
wrote his check to Goodlatte, he "wanted some assurances that Bob
Goodlatte would be prepared to discuss immigration reform and what the
timetable is for immigration reform, because we’re coming down the wire
here with the [midterm] elections [approaching] and we need
accountability."
As Breitbart News has thoroughly documented, "despite evidence to
the contrary, the tech industry has spent millions trying to get
massive increases in the number of H-1b guest-worker visas, claiming
that they 'can't find' Americans to do various tech jobs" even though
there is a proven surplus of America high-tech workers.
Even President Barack Obama, though he still supports massive increases in guest-worker permits, has said he is
"skeptical" of claims from companies—like those in the high-tech
industry—that they cannot find enough Americans to fill open jobs.
"I'm generally skeptical when you hear employers say, 'oh we just
can't find any Americans to do the job,'" Obama said this week at an
immigration event in Nashville. "A lot of times what they really mean is
that it's a lot cheaper to potentially hire somebody who has just come
here before they know better..."" via Drudge
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