In one of the greatest debates which are going on in the US regarding the jobs to Indians and Chinese, the US Chamber of Commerce has stated that India is for sure not taking away the jobs from the American citizens. Another claim by the US is that the Indian companies acquire most of the H-1B visas and thus are able to take away most the jobs from the American’s.
Now the US Chamber of Commerce, which is the worlds largest commerce chamber, as it contains more than three million members, stated that the claim stated on India that they are stealing away the jobs is clearly a hyperbole. And it said that this is not the truth against the Indian companies.
The fact is that the Indian companies do not in fact provide green cards to all of its employees. The figures of the H-1B visas are such that they literally disqualify the claims of the people. The shocking fact is that the Indian companies had issued only 4809 H-1B visas to its employees, that is almost 0.003% of the whole US civilian work force. And the worse part is that between the year 2006 to 2009 there is about 70% decline in the issue of H-1B visas to Indians.
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The US Chamber of Commerce is either lying or extremely ignorant. Everyone knows that H-1Bs occupy jobs that Americans can do, used to do quite recently, and would love to have. Most H-1Bs are not geniuses, inventors, or entrepreneurs. The vast majority of them are merely average workers with skillsets that lots of Americans also have. Many have faked resumes with fictitious qualifications listed. Those of us who work with them learn this. Senator Schumer’s new law is a step in the right direction, but there needs to be further restrictions on the H-1B program, or even the elimination of guestworker visas entirely.
“….the US Chamber of Commerce has stated that India is for sure not taking away the jobs from the American citizens.”
And they base this on…what? We should just take them at their word?
“The shocking fact is that the Indian companies had issued only 4809 H-1B visas to its employees, that is almost 0.003% of the whole US civilian work force. And the worse part is that between the year 2006 to 2009 there is about 70% decline in the issue of H-1B visas to Indians.”
Why is it you’re comparing the number of H-1B visas to the entire US civilian work force? A vast majority jobs occupied by H-1B beneficiaries are in the sciences. And a vast majority of those is in the technology field. The more meaningful comparison perhaps would be the number of H-1B visa beneficiaries are currently employed in the US. But your main point is valid – our senator Schumer is misguided in slamming the Indian outsourcers. Basically he’s saying “Indian companies using H-1Bs BAAAAAD! US companies using H-1Bs GOOOOD!” Instead of making the Indian companies the villains, he should have used that energy to revise the H-1B visa laws to close all of the gaping loopholes that allow ALL companies (both US and foreign) to exploit people.
Just a quick correction in my previous comment. I should have said, “The more meaningful comparison perhaps would be the number of H-1B visa beneficiaries are currently employed in the US to US citizens who work (or used to work) in the tech field”.
In most of the cases where travelling to US on short term will not be viable any more, the work will be sent to India rather employing a local hire. I fail to see any positive impact this law will have on unemployment figures in US. Its a populist propaganda and completely counter productive.
Indians coming here on H1 and L1 spend lot of money in US and put down money in the faltering Social Security system which they are not going to claim. US lawmakers have decided to give that away for $2500. No doubt they need programers from India.