In this time of record unemployment and economic hardship for millions of Americans we call on you to institute an immediate moratorium on, and investigation of abuses of, the U.S. Guest Worker Visa programs commonly referred to as H1 and H2 visa programs.
These programs, intended as stop-gap measures to fill needed positions in specialty areas, have been abused through loopholes to eliminate American workers and replace them with lower paid foreign ones.
Employers site the lack of qualified candidates as the impetus for hiring foreign labor. A copious amount of evidence suggests this is not the case. Rather, employers are loath to offer a fair wage, relocation assistance, or offer re-training opportunities to existing employees when such a large pool of foreign workers exists.