Senator Schumer's Labor Day surprise
Senator Schumer's Labor Day surprise
Date: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:48 AM
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that a new comprehensive immigration reform
bill will be in Congress by Labor Day. He didn't beat around the bush about
the intent of the bill either -- it will emphasize the importation of highly
skilled workers like scientists instead of allowing lower skilled laborers
like fruit pickers to enter the country illegally. He wants to open the doors
to a flood of educated foreign workers; in trade he claims he will make it
slightly tougher to come to the U.S. illegally.
Schumer singled out physicists, but of course he is using that as a euphemism
for STEM -- science, technology, engineering, and math.
Schumer released a 7 point immigration plan. #6 should set your alarms to "RED
ALERT" status:
http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=314990
We must encourage the world s best and brightest individuals to come
to the United States and create the new technologies and businesses
that will employ countless American workers, but must discourage
businesses from using our immigration laws as a means to obtain
temporary and less-expensive foreign labor to replace capable
American workers.
Schumer reassures his audience that importing H-1Bs will result in the hiring
of Americans. He is banking the Bill Gates theory that every time an H-1B gets
a job at least seven Americans are hired. If that's not bad enough he made a
public statement that's even worse!
"We have a shortage maybe of engineers here or Ph.D's in physics,
but we probably don't have a shortage of people who can do
construction work,"
Schumer implies that Congress can get away with expanding the H-1B program
until the woes in STEM professions is as bad as the construction industry.
He is probably right about that one because there is no way nerds are going to
rebel if the blue collar dudes with hard hats let their jobs be given away to
illegal aliens!
Schumer's declaration of a shortage of physicists is nothing new. In an
excerpt from a 1971 paper by Brian Schwartz titled "Can There be a Shortage of
PhD Physicists" he wrote:
Now we turn to the concept of a 'shortage' of physicists usually
associated with the word 'crisis'. In spite of the large over
production of Ph.D.'s in physics and other sciences and the lack
of demand commensurate with present supply and production
capabilities, many leaders on the scientific community independent
of the facts are warning of the possibility of shortages in the
late 1970 s. I maintain that with the very large base of Ph.D.
physicists developed in the last 20 years there is no possibility
of a shortage and certainly no crisis. The so-called 'shortages'
in the 1960's were artificial and manufactured by vast DOD and
NASA demands rather than public demands.
Brian Schwartz opened the paper by stating something that raises a modern
question: just who is Schumer's daddy?
In addition, one usually finds those responsible for predictions
on manpower have some self-interest at stake in the results
of the analysis.
ABC News makes that question very easy to answer. Schumer is taking his
marching orders from the high tech cheap labor lobbyists. You can bet Compete
America isn't the only one that is stuffing money in his back pocket.
Schumer's office has met to dyscuss his bill with Compete America,
a coalition pushing for more visas for foreign workers. Members of
the group are skeptical of a labor proposal for an appointed
commission to set limits on visas and green cards given to legal
residents, said Robert Hoffman, an in-house lobbyist for Oracle, a
software company and member of Compete America.
What Schwartz wrote in 1971 was true then, and it is just as true today, He
wrote something else that is very fitting for those who engage in Schumer's
style of shortage shouting:
In physics the so-called shortages are not immoral. What may be
immoral is an over production of miseducated people.
REFERENCES:
http://www.phds.org/reading/schwartz/shortage.pdf
"CAN THERE BE A SHORTAGE OF PHD PHYSICISTS?", Brian B. Schwartz, Paper
Presented in 1971 at the The American Physical Society
http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=314990
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PRINCIPLES FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL IN
WORKS IN SENATE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2009
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-25-2009/0005050806&EDATE=
FAIR's Response to Sen. Charles Schumer's Seven Point Plan for So-Called
'Comprehensive Immigration Reform'
http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=8036217&pid=4380645
Schumer: Immigration Bill by Labor Day
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_immigration/2009/07/08/233426.html
Schumer: Amnesty Bill for Illegals by Labor Day
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/june-23-2009/sen-schumer-outline-amnesty-bill-wednesday.html?jid=173918&lid=9&rid=1729&tid=309
Sen. Schumer to Outline Amnesty Bill on Wednesday
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http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=8036217&pid=4380645
Friday, July 10, 2009 Politics
Schumer: Immigration Bill by Labor Day
By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press Writer 7/8/09, 7:22 PM EDT
Photo: Schumer: Immigration Bill to Be Ready by Labor Day: Senate Democrat
says coming immigration bill to be more generous to high skilled workers Bill
to favor skilled workers, to be tougher on future illegal immigrants.
The lead Democrat steering an immigration overhaul through the Senate said
Wednesday he expects to have a bill ready by Labor Day that is more generous
to highly skilled immigrant workers than those who are lower skilled and is
tough on future waves of illegal immigration.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Sen. Chuck Schumer said an
immigration bill can be done by the end of the year or early next year that
works out disagreements between labor and business interests on the flow of
legal foreign workers.
"I think we'll have a good bill by Labor Day," said Schumer, D-N.Y. "I think
the fundamental building blocks are in place to do comprehensive immigration
reform."
Schumer said the way to get the bill done is to be very tough on future waves
of illegal immigration. He declared himself pro-immigration and said the U.S.
should encourage legal immigration and find some kind of path for people now
here to find a way to legal citizenship.
"We have a shortage maybe of engineers here or Ph.D's in physics, but we
probably don't have a shortage of people who can do construction work,"
Schumer said.
The AFL-CIO and the Change to Win labor unions earlier this year announced
their support for immigration reform, which they have opposed in the past.
But the unions' continued opposition to increases in visas for foreign workers
is at odds with the demand by business for legal foreign workers in industries
ranging from high-technology to agriculture.
"I think one of the ways to bridge it is to look at the different areas of
labor and where there are shortages and where there are not and where just
workers are being brought in for exploitive purposes broadly put meaning
just get lower wages rather than having a shortage," Schumer said. "I think
if you look at each broad field you can see that one size does not fit all."
Schumer's office has met to dyscuss his bill with Compete America, a coalition
pushing for more visas for foreign workers. Members of the group are skeptical
of a labor proposal for an appointed commission to set limits on visas and
green cards given to legal residents, said Robert Hoffman, an in-house
lobbyist for Oracle, a software company and member of Compete America.
Ana Avendano, AFL-CIO's director of immigration policy, said Schumer's "one
size doesn't fit all" view is shared by labor. "We want employers to have
workers they need, but the key is determining when there is a real need, not
one employers make up when they import temporary workers."
Earlier Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said beginning
Sept. 8, businesses wanting federal contracts would have to use E-Verify, a
Web-based system, to check whether their employees are legally working in the
U.S. The Bush and Obama administrations had delayed implementing the rule.
The Senate voted for a proposal to make the E-Verify system permanent as it
debated a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department.
The department also said it is abandoning a Bush administration plan to force
employers to fire workers who can't resolve a mismatch between their Social
Security numbers don't match their names. The administration said it would
come up with a new rule.
The Bush administration had tried to root out undocumented workers through so-
called "no-match" letters that the Social Security Administration sends
employers. But a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union has
prevented the rule from taking effect.
Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee,
said the two announcements send mixed signals.
"The administration is saying illegal immigrants shouldn't have jobs by
supporting the federal contracting rule, but making it harder for companies to
follow the law by doing away with the Bush 'no-match rule,' " Smith said.
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http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_immigration/2009/07/08/233426.html
Schumer: Amnesty Bill for Illegals by Labor Day
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 6:40 PM
WASHINGTON The lead Democrat steering an immigration overhaul through the
Senate said Wednesday that he expects to have a bill ready by Labor Day that
is more generous to highly skilled immigrant workers than those who are lower
skilled and is tough on future waves of illegal immigration.
During an interview with The Associated Press, Sen. Chuck Schumer said an
immigration bill can be done by the end of the year or early next year that
works out disagreements between labor and business interests on the flow of
legal foreign workers.
"I think we'll have a good bill by Labor Day," said Schumer, D-N.Y. "I think
the fundamental building blocks are in place to do comprehensive immigration
reform."
The way to get the bill done is to be very tough on future waves of illegal
immigration, Schumer said. He declared himself pro-immigration and said the
United States should encourage legal immigration and find some kind of path
for people now here to find a way to legal citizenship.
"We have a shortage maybe of engineers here or Ph.D's in physics, but we
probably don't have a shortage of people who can do construction work,"
Schumer said.
The AFL-CIO and the Change to Win labor unions earlier this year announced
their support for immigration reform, which they have opposed in the past.
But the unions' continued opposition to increases in visas for foreign workers
is at odds with the demand by business for legal foreign workers in industries
ranging from high-technology to agriculture.
"I think one of the ways to bridge it is to look at the different areas of
labor and where there are shortages and where there are not and where just
workers are being brought in for exploitive purposes _ broadly put meaning
just get lower wages _ rather than having a shortage," Schumer said. "I think
if you look at each broad field you can see that one size does not fit all."
Schumer's office has met to discuss his bill with Compete America, a coalition
pushing for more visas for foreign workers. Members of the group are skeptical
of a labor proposal for an appointed commission to set limits on visas and
green cards given to legal residents, said Robert Hoffman, an in-house
lobbyist for Oracle, a software company and member of Compete America.
Ana Avendano, AFL-CIO's immigration policy director, said labor shares
Schumer's "one size doesn't fit all" view. "We want employers to have workers
they need, but the key is determining when there is a real need, not one
employers make up when they import temporary workers."
Earlier Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said
businesses wanting federal contracts would have to use E-Verify, a Web-based
system, beginning Sept. 8to check whether their employees are working in the
United States legally. The Bush and Obama administrations had delayed
implementing the rule.
The Senate voted for a proposal to make the E-Verify system permanent as it
debated a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department.
The department also said it is abandoning a Bush administration plan to force
employers to fire workers who can't resolve a mismatch between their Social
Security numbers and their names. The administration said it would come up
with a new rule.
The Bush administration had tried to root out undocumented workers through so-
called "no-match" letters the Social Security Administration sends employers.
But an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit has prevented the rule from
taking effect.
Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee,
said the two announcements send mixed signals.
"The administration is saying illegal immigrants shouldn't have jobs by
supporting the federal contracting rule, but making it harder for companies to
follow the law by doing away with the Bush 'no-match rule'," Smith said.
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http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/june-23-2009/sen-schumer-outline-amnesty-bill-wednesday.html?jid=173918&lid=9&rid=1729&tid=309
Sen. Schumer to Outline Amnesty Bill on Wednesday
Updated Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 11:20 AM
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who also chairs the Senate Immigration
Subcommittee, will unveil an outline for an immigration reform bill on
Wednesday that will likely detail a plan to offer amnesty to the nation's more
than 11 million illegal aliens.
Sen. Schumer took over the Senate Immigration Subcommittee after Sen. Ted
Kennedy stepped down. Already this session, Sen. Schumer has held two
Immigration Subcommittee hearings with the goal of proving that the timing is
right for a comprehensive immigration reform bill (amnesty).
Sen. Schumer plans to announce on Wednesday the principles that will guide the
immigration reform bill that he plans to introduce to the Senate later this
year. His announcement comes one day before Pres. Barack Obama will host
Congressional leaders at the White House to discuss immigration reform.
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