Companies lay off thousands, then demand immigration reform for new labor By Byron York | September 11, 2013 On Tuesday, the chief human resources officers of more than 100 large corporations sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urging quick passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill. The officials represent companies with a vast array of business interests: General Electric, The Walt Disney Company, Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, McDonald's Corporation, The Wendy's Company, Coca-Cola, The Cheesecake Factory, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon Communications, Hewlett-Packard, General Mills, and many more. All want to see increases in immigration levels for low-skill as well as high-skill workers, in addition to a path to citizenship for the millions of immigrants currently in the U.S. illegally. A new immigration law, the corporate officers say, "would be a long overdue step toward aligning our nation's immigration policies with its workforce needs at all skill levels to ensure U.S. global competitiveness." The officials cite a publication of their trade group, the HR Policy Association, which calls for immigration reform to "address the reality that there is a global war for talent." The way for the United States to win that war for talent, they say, is more immigration. Of course, the U.S. unemployment rate is at 7.3 percent, with millions of American workers at all skill levels out of work, and millions more so discouraged that they have left the work force altogether. In addition, at the same time the corporate officers seek higher numbers of immigrants, both low-skill and high-skill, many of their companies are laying off thousands of workers. For example, Hewlett-Packard, whose Executive Vice President for Human Resources Tracy Keogh signed the letter, laid off 29,000 employees in 2012. In August of this year, Cisco Systems, whose Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Kathleen Weslock signed the letter, announced plans to lay off 4,000 — in addition to 8,000 cut in the last two years. United Technologies, whose Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Organization Elizabeth B. Amato signed the letter, announced layoffs of 3,000 this year. American Express, whose Chief Human Resources Officer L. Kevin Cox signed the letter, cut 5,400 jobs this year. Procter & Gamble, whose Chief Human Resources Officer Mark F. Biegger signed the letter, announced plans to cut 5,700 jobs in 2012. Those are just a few of the layoffs at companies whose officials signed the letter. A few more: T-Mobile announced 2,250 layoffs in 2012. Archer-Daniels-Midland laid off 1,200. Texas Instruments, nearly 2,000. Cigna, 1,300. Verizon sought to cut 1,700 jobs by buyouts and layoffs. Marriott announced "hundreds" of layoffs this year. International Paper has closed plants and laid off dozens. And General Mills, in what the Minneapolis Star-Tribune called a "rare mass layoff," laid off 850 people last year. There are more still. In all, it's fair to say a large number of the corporate signers of the letter demanding more labor from abroad have actually laid off workers at home in recent years. Together, their actions have a significant effect on the economy. According to a recent Reuters report, U.S. employers announced 50,462 layoffs in August, up 34 percent from the previous month and up 57 percent from August 2012. "It is difficult to understand how these companies can feel justified in demanding the importation of cheap labor with a straight face at a time when tens of millions of Americans are unemployed," writes the Center for Immigration Studies, which strongly opposes the Senate Gang of Eight bill and similar measures. "The companies claim the bill is an 'opportunity to level the playing field for U.S. employers' but it is more of an effort to level the wages of American citizens." http://washingtonexaminer.com/compa...igration-reform-for-new-labor/article/2535595 Mark Krikorian is, one by one, tweeting out the twitter handle of each company demanding a doubling of immigration while 20 million Americans who want full-time work can't find full-time jobs. Jon Feere of The Center for Immigration Studies also lists the companies on his blog, "Cheesecake Factory, Hallmark, Disney, and Others Now Pushing Amnesty." Feere writes: The number of working-age (16 to 65) native-born Americans who are not working — unemployed or out of the labor market — stood at 57.5 million in the second quarter of 2013. The unemployed population is spread throughout the labor market and includes 25 million with no more than a high school education, 16 million with some education beyond high school, and nine million with at least a bachelor's degree.
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Microsoft is another one. Bill Gates lobbies again for more US H1B visas Microsoft lobbies for H1-B visa Microsoft plans to lay off 5000 More Downsizing at Microsoft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Dr8nEVTvQ http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/obama-turns-back-on-american-workers/ Seems when politicians talk about keeping American jobs in America, it is all just campaign rhetoric. Both the Democrats and Republicans have been actively outsourcing jobs and support H1B visas to bring in more skilled foreign workers.
Granny says, "Dat's right - release `em - back to Mexico... Some young migrants in Laredo protest released Oct 1,`13 -- Eight of the 34 young migrants who presented themselves to immigration officials at the U.S.-Mexico border without legal documents have been released from U.S. custody, a lawyer said Tuesday.
Illegal immigration is increasing now that the economy seems to be getting better. This, along with the Obama Administration's lack of enforcement and amnesty plans, will exacerbate the problem. Not good for America's unemployed.
"Indian authorities red-faced after exam cheating exposed." There is a big stink going on right now in India about this. Exam cheating is booming business. The Chinese are also notorious for cheating on their exams. I doubt if many of Billy's new hires are as proficient as he expects them to be with all those remarkably high test scores. I watched a documentary on India, and one old man said, "Nobody produce as many geniuses as India." Lol because the rest of the video shined a light on the dysfunction that is India. The Chinese too claim to produce many geniuses. One look at China and that myth is expelled. I think China and India are running out of savants.
