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Temporary Workers to Flood America with Gang of 8 Bill | FrontPage Magazine
By Michael Volpe On June 7, 2013 @ 12:15 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 2 Comments
If the new Senate immigration bill, S.744, passes, approximately 1.6 million new foreign temporary workers will be given legal status in the first year alone. That’s a number even higher than was estimated for the defeated 2007 immigration bill, according to a new study.
According to study from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), 1,590,833 extra foreign temporary workers will be approved for legal status in the first year after the bill’s passage, and more than 600,000 extra foreign temporary workers will be approved over current levels for temporary legal status yearly after that. The 2007 McCain/Kennedy bill only increased the number of foreign temporary workers by about 125,000 over 2007 levels.
About one third of these new foreign temporary workers will be approved for H-1B visas, or they will be family members of those approved for H-1B visas. The study estimates that about 125,000 more H-1B visas will be approved over the current levels if S.744 passes. Furthermore, about 400,000 extra family members of H-1B visa holders will also be approved. An H-1B Visa allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, like information technology.
On a conference call introducing the study, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, one of the most outspoken critics of the bill, stated that such a massive increase in foreign temporary workers will only make it even tougher for US workers to find jobs in an already difficult economic environment.
“This report from CIS is a bombshell,” he said.
“It’s a matter of economics. If you have a large influx of legal immigrants, that increases the supply of labor.”
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According to study from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), 1,590,833 extra foreign temporary workers will be approved for legal status in the first year after the bill’s passage, and more than 600,000 extra foreign temporary workers will be approved over current levels for temporary legal status yearly after that. The 2007 McCain/Kennedy bill only increased the number of foreign temporary workers by about 125,000 over 2007 levels.
About one third of these new foreign temporary workers will be approved for H-1B visas, or they will be family members of those approved for H-1B visas. The study estimates that about 125,000 more H-1B visas will be approved over the current levels if S.744 passes. Furthermore, about 400,000 extra family members of H-1B visa holders will also be approved. An H-1B Visa allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, like information technology.
On a conference call introducing the study, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, one of the most outspoken critics of the bill, stated that such a massive increase in foreign temporary workers will only make it even tougher for US workers to find jobs in an already difficult economic environment.
“This report from CIS is a bombshell,” he said.
To my surprise, and no doubt the surprise of many, the Gang of Eight immigration bill doubles the annual number of guest workers from today’s level a much larger increase than any of us had imagined. It adds four times more guest workers than the rejected proposal from 2007. Yet today’s employment situation is far worse than when Congress considered the 2007 proposal. This large increase in guest workers guarantees that Americans’ wages will remain stagnant and that the unemployed will remain unemployed. This legislation surges the number of low-wage workers at the expense of the poor and middle class.Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama echoed those sentiments. He pointed out that the problem comes down to basic knowledge of supply and demand.
“It’s a matter of economics. If you have a large influx of legal immigrants, that increases the supply of labor.”
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