US President Geroge Bush is wrong – DuPont does not need to import cheap scientists from India – there are plenty of fantastic talent right in America –Let us stop H1B
Special Correspondent
Jan. 24, 2007

US president George Bush spoke at Dupont in Delaware. While a lot he said about clean coal technologies and alternative fuel is correct, his statement on H1B temporary professional immigrant workers is wrong. It is wrong for America, American citizens and the whole world. Bush wants to expand HIB quota so that cheap scientists and computer programmers from Indian and other countries can flood America.

Let us examine what is this ''H1B''. It is a permit to work in United States for six years (can be extended). It is a permit for US corporations to exploit Indians and others and at the same time deprive hard working American from decent jobs. H1B was initially designed to facilitate access to world-class talents by US Corporations where US Citizens or permanent residents cannot be found. It has been completely abused by the American Corporations.

American Corporations and American Universities are exploiting the talented youth of India and other countries through F1, J1 and H1B visas. Some of those who come with H1B visas are less talented ‘failed’ engineers in India and other countries trying to earn some living in software application development. Simply put they perform automation of clerical work. H1B was not designed for that. The real talent comes to America with student visa. They complete their degree in America and finally obtain H1B and the Greencard (path to US citizenship).

H1B is the root cause for underemployment in America. The professional wages are depressed and qualified American citizens sacrifice their standard of living.

Currently H1B is totally abused. In India a set of middlemen (worse than drug dealers) trade young people to American Corporations who hire these men and women for low salaries to make them work for six years. Most of these men and women eventually are discarded after six years or less of exploitation. Most of them come to United States with a hope to settle in USA. They eventually find ways to stay back. Many of them eventually become illegal aliens.

The American Universities are worse. For example, Rutgers University's Geography department refused American Citizens (with 3.9 GPA and on Dean’s list) from Graduate Studies while bringing in mediocre talents from India on F1 visa with fat teaching and research assistantships and free tuition. Guess what these students from India are working on? They are working on climate studies of India while talented American citizens are deprived from graduate studies in Geographic Information Systems. The exploitation of foreign nationals and discrimination against American citizens are profound even more in Engineering and Computer Science departments. The Faculty in these schools make these foreign nationals do the research and then they coauthor the reasearch articles with them to manifest their own research talents. It is shame for American Universities. Rutgers is just an example. Other Universities are no exception.

DuPont has enough money to hire American talents for the right price. No one should be in business in America or anywhere in the world if they cannot pay the proper wage. Let us stop the corporate give outs. Let us stop the never ending corporate welfare. These fat corporations fo not need public welfare. If ‘DuPont’s of the world divert their political contribution money and lobbying costs from servicing the Democrats and Republicans, and start paying proper wages, there will no need of H1B visas. If professors in American Universities research, work hard and stop exploiting foreign students, there will be no need for H1Bs because American citizens will get the opportunities for higher studies.

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