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dArKeR

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Wed Oct-22-03 06:07 PM
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Imported Workers Filling U.S. Jobs

Some two million U.S. jobs have gone by the wayside over the last two years. And at the same time, the number of foreigners granted special visas to work in the U.S. has risen.

Employers defend the practice. But pink-slipped Americans who've lost jobs to lower-paid replacements are calling it visa abuse.

Last year, Phil Marraffinni earned a salary of $100,000 as a computer programmer.

Today he is a handyman because he says workers imported from India took his job.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/22/eveningnews/main579550.shtml

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Nay

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Wed Oct-22-03 06:24 PM
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1. Message to pink-slipped Americans -- stop voting Republican!

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lcordero

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Wed Oct-22-03 07:02 PM
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3. It's not just Republicans, it is both sides of the aisle

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Flying_Pig

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Wed Oct-22-03 07:28 PM
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4. You got that right. Some of th DINO/DLC types have no problem

giving corporations everything they ask for, including visas for cheap laborers. This type of Dem sells out the people, and their Party, and cares not a whit.

:grr:

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Noordam

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Wed Oct-22-03 06:41 PM
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2. I used to have no problems getting

50+ per hour on contract higher in DC. But that was before the L-1 visa were abused.

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HEyHEY

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Wed Oct-22-03 07:55 PM
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5. I saw an add for US visas on my bus one day

Edited on Wed Oct-22-03 07:55 PM by HEyHEY

Is this the same one? Not that I expect you to know...so disregard.

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JoeMemphis

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Wed Oct-22-03 09:16 PM
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6. Democrats aren't doing their part to prevent H-1B and L-1 abuse.

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