If H-1B is Abolished, Won Companies Just Oursource the Jobs?
The short answer is NO! Multi-national corporations often threaten our government with a variation of the lesser of two evils, in orther words, if you don’t let us import H-1B workers, we will outsource our work overseas. This threat shouldn’t ever get in the way of abolishing H-1B. A simple way to see how phony the claim is arises from a parlor game called “Telephone.” In this game, one person whispers a phrase to the next participant, who in turn whispers it to another, until the message is relayed back to the originator. Comparing the results is often hilarious. If two people are discussing a core business process, which is what engineering and software programming is, they must be in the same room and see each other. Thus, the process cannot be “offshored.” Instead, nonimmigrant visa (NIV) programs such as H-1B are used to bring the employer “fresh (inexpensive) young blood” – mostly from overseas. These NIV programs are “dual intent” so an employer can dangle the prospect of spons
