Reply #6: To me, guest worker is code for 2nd class wages [View All]

Buried in all the talk about Mexicans lowering wages is what is happening to the "safe" high tech jobs. Companies low ball wages for engineers and computer techs, tell the Labor Department that they can't find any American employees, then hire workers from overseas on special permits. Meanwhile American citizens graduate and can't find jobs. To really cap the problem, educators go around predicting the downfall of the nation due to a shortage of (ta-da!)engineers and scientists! This has become a real issue for the professional societies like American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). What makes the situation worse is that the American citizens are graduating with a tremendous debt burden.