James Fulford’s thorough discussion A Reader Wants To Know Why A Hotel In Texas Has HUNGARIAN Cleaning Staff; The Answer Is Probably Abuse Of The Student Visa [1] reminded me of a powerful article I read on the topic of the abuse of J-1 and the similar H-2B visas last summer. This reported
Greg Schell, a Florida Legal Services attorney who has defended guest workers in disputes with employers, says the visas are overused in Florida.
He says that in one case, the Naples-area owner of Subway sandwich shops received permission to bring in Jamaican H-2B workers to staff his counters. "You're telling me you can't find people to work in a Subway or to work as waiters?"
Schell says the provision that ties H-2B workers to one employer helps keep local "prevailing wages" down. "The employers use H-2B workers because it turns out cheaper for them," he says. "Those workers can't change jobs and look for better wages and better situations elsewhere….”¦
"The J-1 visa is also a scam," Schell says. "It was founded as a cultural exchange program during the Kennedy years, but those people just come to work."
I overoptimistically entitled this Has The J-1 Visa Scandal Gained Critical Mass? [2]
Sadly, with the outrageous news reported by Steve Sailer today that the GOP platform has a guest worker plank [3], Patriots have to face the fact that the Slave power [4] controls both parties [5] and it is not just American youth [6] needing summer employment [7] who will suffer.
Links:
[1] http://www.vdare.com/letters/a-reader-wants-to-know-why-a-hotel-in-texas-has-hungarian-cleaning-staff-the-answer-is-proba
[2] http://www.vdare.com/posts/has-the-j-1-visa-scandal-gained-critical-mass
[3] http://www.vdare.com/posts/nyt-paying-immigrant-dishwashers-less-is-friendly-to-immigrants
[4] http://www.vdare.com/posts/arizona-atrocity-gop-establishment-votes-for-third-party
[5] http://www.vdare.com/posts/matloffs-mystery-h-1b-article-blames-obama
[6] http://www.vdare.com/posts/worst-youth-unemployment-in-64-years-remember-immigration-impact
[7] http://www.vdare.com/posts/professional-journalists-at-wsj-teens-see-summer-jobs-vanish-taken-by-immigrants-say-unpaid-co