[Daily Caller] A bipartisan group of senators urged the Obama administration Thursday to investigate reports that businesses are using a visa program to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor.The unlikely coalition, led by Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor and Department of Justice, asking them to investigate businesses, such as Southern California Edison, suspected of abusing work visa programs to avoid paying relatively high wages to American workers.
Chicago Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia come a bit too close Senator Durbin ?
SCE has reportedly been laying off hundreds of American workers and replacing them with foreign workers who hold an H-1B visa and are willing to work for lower wages. Some American employees are basically forced to train their foreign replacements.
"Though such reports of H-1B-driven layoffs have been circulating for years, their frequency seems to have increased dramatically in the past year alone," the senators wrote in the letter. (RELATED: Obama Announces Unilateral Action To Bring In More Guest Workers)
After all these years, has someone finally began to read a little Victor Davis Hanson ?
| Nah, it's just a ploy to put the squeeze on Silicon Valley for a little campaign cash. Some lobbyist dinners and this will go away... |