National Cap on Foreign Hire is Maxed Out
With unemployment at its lowest and the demand for skilled and unskilled workers at a high where do business owners turn to fill the empty positions. A large percentage of them hire foreigners; most of which have a H-1B visa. But to the surprise of some high-tech business owners the "National cap on foreign hires is maxed out". 115,000 H-1B visas are accepted each year and that number has already been reached. 74,300 have been approved and 45,000 are still pending approval. Stephen Dahms, an SDSU professor and chairman of a work force committee for Biocom, said, "if the companies haven't had their requests in from the first part of the fiscal year (beginning October 1), they're out of the running". Many high-tech companies such as Qualcomm depend on the employment of foreigners. Many of the high-tech companies have created thousands of jobs in the past years by using foreign hires, in turn creating much success for them by the increased production. There are many business owners that are saying that the cap should be raised. Thom Stohler, director of work force policy for the American Electron
"National Cap on Foreign Hireing is Maxed Out". March 27, 2000, San Diego Economically the visa program can be looked at in many ways. On a positive note U.S. business owners are able to produce more and incur less cost by lower wages and we are allowing a foreigner the opportunity to better their lives by employing them. For the negative side I see a more drastic outcome. Especially in San Diego we are facing extreme overpopulation. With hard to find housing and over crowded freeways how are we to accommodate 115,000 foreigners per year. Even though most of them commute from Mexico to the U.S. daily it is still impacting the congestion. It is also impacting the rate of pay we are seeing in the high-tech workforce. My fiance is graduating in June with a degree in computer engineering and has recently started to circulate his resume. To his surprise the jobs are out there but the rate of pay is almost hilarious. It is barely enough to afford the cost of living that is ever so often rising. As we have looked at the effects to the U.S. economy what does it do the economy of Mexico. With a
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