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Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers
The #1 New York Times bestselling author and firebrand syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin sets her sights on the corrupt businessmen, politicians, and lobbyists flooding our borders and selling out America’s best and brightest workers.
In Sold Out , Michelle Malkin and John Miano reveal the worst perpetrators screwing America’s high-skilled workers, how and why they’re doing it—and what we must do to stop them. In this book, they will name names and expose the lies of those who pretend to champion the middle class, while aiding and abetting massive layoffs of highly skilled American workers in favor of cheap foreign labor. Malkin and Miano will explode some of the most commonly told myths spread in the media like
Lie #1: America is suffering from an apocalyptic “shortage” of science, technology, engineering, and math workers.
Lie #2: US companies cannot function without an unlimited injection of the most “highly skilled” and “highly educated” foreign workers, who offer intellectual capital and entrepreneurial energy that American workers can’t match.
Lie #3: America’s best and brightest talents are protected because employers are required to demonstrate that they’ve made every effort to hire American citizens before resorting to foreign labor.
For too long, open-borders tech billionaires and their political enablers have escaped tough public scrutiny of their means and motives. Sold Out is an indictment of not only political corruption in Washington, but also the journalistic malpractice that enables it. It’s time to trade the whitewash for solvent. American workers deserve better and the public deserves the unvarnished truth.
In Sold Out , Michelle Malkin and John Miano reveal the worst perpetrators screwing America’s high-skilled workers, how and why they’re doing it—and what we must do to stop them. In this book, they will name names and expose the lies of those who pretend to champion the middle class, while aiding and abetting massive layoffs of highly skilled American workers in favor of cheap foreign labor. Malkin and Miano will explode some of the most commonly told myths spread in the media like
Lie #1: America is suffering from an apocalyptic “shortage” of science, technology, engineering, and math workers.
Lie #2: US companies cannot function without an unlimited injection of the most “highly skilled” and “highly educated” foreign workers, who offer intellectual capital and entrepreneurial energy that American workers can’t match.
Lie #3: America’s best and brightest talents are protected because employers are required to demonstrate that they’ve made every effort to hire American citizens before resorting to foreign labor.
For too long, open-borders tech billionaires and their political enablers have escaped tough public scrutiny of their means and motives. Sold Out is an indictment of not only political corruption in Washington, but also the journalistic malpractice that enables it. It’s time to trade the whitewash for solvent. American workers deserve better and the public deserves the unvarnished truth.
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First published November 10, 2015
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About the author
Michelle Malkin
16 books126 followersMichelle Malkin is an American conservative blogger, political commentator, and author. Her weekly syndicated column appears in a number of newspapers and websites. She is a Fox News Channel contributor and has been a guest on MSNBC, C-SPAN, and national radio programs. Malkin has written four books published by Regnery Publishing.
Malkin began her journalism career at the Los Angeles Daily News, working as a columnist from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a journalism fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market, anti-government regulation, libertarian think tank. In 1996, she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she wrote columns for The Seattle Times. Malkin became a nationally-syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate in 1999.
Malkin began her journalism career at the Los Angeles Daily News, working as a columnist from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a journalism fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market, anti-government regulation, libertarian think tank. In 1996, she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she wrote columns for The Seattle Times. Malkin became a nationally-syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate in 1999.
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April 17, 2016
I think that every American who works in a STEM related field of work should be REQUIRED to read this book. The premise of this book is that there currently is NOT a shortage of American graduates and qualified STEM workers in the United States. Companies are complaining of shortages and heavily lobbying their elected officials about the shortages. The real motive is to either bring in more highly skilled workers to the United States with various Visa programs or simply ship high tech/engineering work to other countries. (Typically involving workers from India with some training in STEM related fields.)
This book demonstrates how there are so many loopholes in the US immigration system for STEM or high tech (highly qualified) workers. Once workers are brought into this country, they end up getting paid less than their American counterparts due to the Visa loopholes and American workers end up losing their jobs in many instances. And in many cases, the government rules have no real protections for American high tech jobs.
I give this book only 4 out of 5 stars because most of their examples are related to the IT fields and not engineering. They also give examples in the Hotel/service industry, that don't seem to be related to STEM workers. I think this is because those examples are much better documented and blatant examples of a worker Visa program that is broken. But I think this is also happening in engineering on a much larger scale than we think.
This book demonstrates how there are so many loopholes in the US immigration system for STEM or high tech (highly qualified) workers. Once workers are brought into this country, they end up getting paid less than their American counterparts due to the Visa loopholes and American workers end up losing their jobs in many instances. And in many cases, the government rules have no real protections for American high tech jobs.
I give this book only 4 out of 5 stars because most of their examples are related to the IT fields and not engineering. They also give examples in the Hotel/service industry, that don't seem to be related to STEM workers. I think this is because those examples are much better documented and blatant examples of a worker Visa program that is broken. But I think this is also happening in engineering on a much larger scale than we think.
November 25, 2015
It's basically the same story told over about 6 times to make a book. The story is this, visa's are bad for obvious reason, both republicans and democrats are taking donations to raise the caps on all of them. Tech workers are getting screwed and there is not much you can do about it. There, I just saved you $15 and about 8 to 10 hours of your life.
February 9, 2016
Didn't finish it. Too much fox news negativity in style.
December 15, 2015
This book covers another dimension of immigration that has been used by corporations to replace expensive American skilled labor with cheaper skilled labor. The author tells stories of abuse and the abusers of the Work Visa process.
Where I am not a big fan of this author, I think this story of how big business is bastardizing the Visa process at the expense of American jobs, is valid and worth reading.
Where I am not a big fan of this author, I think this story of how big business is bastardizing the Visa process at the expense of American jobs, is valid and worth reading.
March 22, 2017
Michelle Malkin is this crazy woman (in my non-expert opinion), who is a right-wing yahoo and the only reason I can fathom why is that her parents are from the Philippines and left around the time that President Marcos was removed from office with the help of then U.S. President Ronald Reagan, when the United States realized that all of the aide that American was giving the Philippines was actually just lining Marcos's pockets.
So perhaps, her family saw Reagan as some sort of hero, nevermind that Reagan and Marcos were initially on very friendly terms.
Anyway, crazy and stupid are two different things, and Malkin deftly illustrates in this book how the United States government uses an alphabet of visas to lure in as many tech workers as possible in order to drive wages down for this sector of the economy.
She also points out how there is not a shortage of STEM capable workers and the only reason that there is this whole STEM movement in the United States is to give a false sense that we do not have enough capable people in the country interested in science and technology fields. There are actually plenty of them, but very few who want to work for dirt wages, so in comes the H1B visa program along with many others meant to keep cheap labor coming into the tech field.
I realize that there is corruption on both sides of the aisle in our warped political system, but it annoys me that Malkin very harshly condemns Democrats who collude with tech giants and just mentions that, oh yeah, there are of course many Republicans that are involved in this as well.
Would have gotten five-stars if Malkin had shown contempt for both Democrats and Republicans equally.
Perhaps Malkin will one day realize that the Republican party is just hell bent on destroying the "entitled" middle class of this country once and for all.
So perhaps, her family saw Reagan as some sort of hero, nevermind that Reagan and Marcos were initially on very friendly terms.
Anyway, crazy and stupid are two different things, and Malkin deftly illustrates in this book how the United States government uses an alphabet of visas to lure in as many tech workers as possible in order to drive wages down for this sector of the economy.
She also points out how there is not a shortage of STEM capable workers and the only reason that there is this whole STEM movement in the United States is to give a false sense that we do not have enough capable people in the country interested in science and technology fields. There are actually plenty of them, but very few who want to work for dirt wages, so in comes the H1B visa program along with many others meant to keep cheap labor coming into the tech field.
I realize that there is corruption on both sides of the aisle in our warped political system, but it annoys me that Malkin very harshly condemns Democrats who collude with tech giants and just mentions that, oh yeah, there are of course many Republicans that are involved in this as well.
Would have gotten five-stars if Malkin had shown contempt for both Democrats and Republicans equally.
Perhaps Malkin will one day realize that the Republican party is just hell bent on destroying the "entitled" middle class of this country once and for all.
May 15, 2017
Although the subject of American worker visas might not strike you as particularly interesting, SOLD OUT is worth reading simply as a reminder of how government makes a hash out of everything it touches, even when laws are enacted with the best of intentions.
The book shows how America's current immigration system caters to the desires of giant corporations, without regard for the welfare of everyday citizens. It documents how politicians on both sides of the aisle have sold their souls to their corporate donors, and have misled the American people by promoting the false notion of a national worker shortage crisis.
While I have no problem with "free market" principles being applied on the international level, SOLD OUT demonstrates that current visa programs undercut the free market rather than tap into it. Legal safeguards are routinely violated, temporary guest workers are treated like indentured servants, and American citizenship is made readily available to anyone with a couple hundred thousand dollars to invest.
Michelle Malkin's approach to this book feels like a cross between Ann Coulter and Lou Dobbs. I won't pretend it is elegantly written, but I give her major kudos for taking such dense subject matter and making it both entertaining and easy to understand. It's a book I wish I'd read before the Republican and Democratic primaries of 2016, since it would've altered my perception of many of the candidates.
The book shows how America's current immigration system caters to the desires of giant corporations, without regard for the welfare of everyday citizens. It documents how politicians on both sides of the aisle have sold their souls to their corporate donors, and have misled the American people by promoting the false notion of a national worker shortage crisis.
While I have no problem with "free market" principles being applied on the international level, SOLD OUT demonstrates that current visa programs undercut the free market rather than tap into it. Legal safeguards are routinely violated, temporary guest workers are treated like indentured servants, and American citizenship is made readily available to anyone with a couple hundred thousand dollars to invest.
Michelle Malkin's approach to this book feels like a cross between Ann Coulter and Lou Dobbs. I won't pretend it is elegantly written, but I give her major kudos for taking such dense subject matter and making it both entertaining and easy to understand. It's a book I wish I'd read before the Republican and Democratic primaries of 2016, since it would've altered my perception of many of the candidates.
January 14, 2017
H1visa law changed in 1990 by BushSr with good intentions however unelected immigration agency undermined law by expanding visa count, master degree has no payback in IT industry due to salary depletion since law, hole for below market IT and motion picture corrupted to extremes of teachers sex slavery and measured at 100k IT workers annually, scams and political corruption rampant, natives found 92% of companies not 64% when you count one foreign founder ignoring other native cofounders, engineering employment down from 2.5m in 09 to some 2.3m in 2013, dreamers sounds wonderful though again at expense of native engineers, no engineer shortage—a myth, universities use special preferences in visas to pay even less then bias the data through incomplete data, how does one IT job create more IT jobs—bs, well intended law modified by unelected agency workers lured illegal and abusive tactics by politicians and nearly all high tech companies, even Garland TX SD and New Orleans scams, Jarod Polis EB scam and corruption, abused by foreign models as well, supposed to be a program for temporary non-immigrant work, repeal act of 1952 rational priorities transparent track everyone.
July 21, 2016
Not a book for 85 yr. old retirees, but a book for anyone with a Degree, especially Engrs in the age 30 to retirement. Obama, but sadly both GOP & Dems. prefers corporations use foreign engineers and other high skilled personnel because they work cheaper and for Obama and the other Dems. controlling their vote. H-1B allows the flood of foreign educated workers into the country under the guise of the U.S. lacking in skilled workers. Which is a lie, hiring foreign workers is like any other addiction, innocent people, playing by the rules get hurt. Govt. Administration circumvents what laws that are in place. Whistleblowers lives are threatened. What a sad mess greed causes.
May 12, 2017
Well researched and annotated book on what big business can buy from big government. We are a nation of immigrants, and we should welcome individuals who want to take advantage of the opportunities and freedoms available in our country. Current laws are severely flawed and as this book demonstrates again and again, are rife with corruption that serves to increase profits for overseas corporations & money to politicians to maintain their power, while sidelining US citizens & suppressing wages for the best and brightest Americans.
July 26, 2017
Interesting book that is a lot of regurgitation of facts and statistics. Being in the IT industry it hits a subject very important to me.
That being said I think it is slightly inflammatory and some of the sources sited I wouldn't necessarily trust. Overall it is an interesting insight into how our legislative and executive branches are broken and out of touch with reality at times.
I also think that if you are in a position to hire tech workers it would be a good read before you begin your selection process.
That being said I think it is slightly inflammatory and some of the sources sited I wouldn't necessarily trust. Overall it is an interesting insight into how our legislative and executive branches are broken and out of touch with reality at times.
I also think that if you are in a position to hire tech workers it would be a good read before you begin your selection process.
May 16, 2018
The book makes some interesting points but comes off as whiny. There are some obvious questions on the use of foreign tech workers that are really never addressed. Throughout the book it feels like you are not being given all of the facts just the ones that support the cause of the book. Also there is a lot of repetition throughout the book. Overall it is an easy read and written pretty well. But by the end I just wasn't convinced that the foreign tech worker issue was really presented as it is.
October 13, 2017
I lived this life as a programmer. I knew some of what was going on. I was pushed into a management position, which I had always made known that I did not want. Intel was happy when I left so they could replace my programmer position with one of these foreign workers. I'm glad Michelle decided to be very vocal about this. I saw Intel doing a lot of crappy things to their workforce, which I knew was against the law. It was no good complaining to HR because they were in on it all.
March 1, 2018
A lot numbers and names and dates so I know the authors did a lot of research. However, it would have been easier to get through if most of the minutiae was in footnotes and the name calling withheld. One interesting idea was that Bill Gates pushed the Common Core curriculum to dumb the workforce down so there would be a great need for cheaper, imported technology workers. I saw my kids' demanding curriculum with lots of reading and writing simplify for Common Core.
January 7, 2016
Insightful and useful. I found parts a little redundant but overall if your looking to understand why there are no technical jobs this will give you a great insite. Also it may change your mind on some of the political candidates and their role in creating the problems. Worth the read over all good.
March 8, 2016
This book, although not an easy read, provides an amazing exposition of the failures of our immigration system, so complex as to boggle the mind. Moreover, it offers real solutions at the end of the book
June 12, 2018
Eye opening, how corporate America makes out on the fraudulent visa system with the help of politicians of both parties. America doesn't have a STEM worker shortage and the lie is perpetrated by big buisiness as they hire the cheapest labor possible.
January 30, 2016
This book explains how corporations are bribing politicians in order to lower their employees salaries in the tech industry. You will want to strangle Washington after reading this book!
February 19, 2016
I already knew of all what's in the book but if you are not in tune with what has been happening this will be an eye opening book.
June 16, 2016
STEM jobs--they aren't gone in the United States, they've just been given to foreign employees.....Visa's, H-1B and others have created a loophole for major tech giants..Great book on a macro topic.
November 22, 2021
Another of Michelle Malkin's hard hitting looks at a modern American myth about the lack of qualified STEM workers in the American economy. As usual, she uncovers the underlying reason... politics! and does a thorough job of presenting the who/ what/ where/ when & how much money is involved in her usual way of connecting the dots & following the money. It's a lot! Written in 2015, still very much relevant today. Well worth a read, for anybody interested in US politics.
October 31, 2018
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Summary: H-1B or not H-1B, or whatever immigration laws, society development depends on natural resource, labor, and knowledge, capitalists want all these, want them cheapest and best, so that lie the dilemma.
I can't take Michlelle Malkin's words too seriously because of serious flaws.
1. Mass layoff are caused by mass outsourcing, to India for IT work, to China for low-end labor, not by limited number of H-1B (H-4 dependent visa can work passed on May, 2014) visa, B1, EB-5, L visa, F-1 related CPT and OPT, although they displace the American workers in American job market, but huge job loss are outsourcing which is main source. If we can't rein in unfettered free market policy : make profit by seeking cheaper labor championed by the rich capitalist Republican: her party, we can not solve problem fundamentally.
2. Some data in her own book is quite against her acclaiming relax visa laws, let alone rigorousness and correctness of her analytical skill. Here is some examples:
First, H-1B number bloomed on economic bubble, but drop to original quota.
H-1B visas capped at 65,000 per year original.
115,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 2000.
195,000 for fiscal year 2001 to 2003.
Drop to 65,000 per year again.
Second, on chapter 12, mainly taking abut
Senate bill S.744 (BSEOIMA), and The creation of H-1B SWDE.
The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S.744) aka Senate bill S.744 (BSEOIMA) approved by U.S Senate on June 27, 2013.
H-1B Dependent Employer: more than 51 employees with 15% percent of workers on H-1B visas.
H-1B Skilled Worker Dependent Employer (SWDE) : measure H-1B workers against H-1B caliber workforce (my word: U.S does not want give janitor a H-1B visa).
Skilled Worker: with Zones 4 and Zones 5.
Job Zone 4 - occupations that need considerable preparation.
Job Zone 5 - occupations that need extensive preparation
// Does two show tightening rule? I don't why author think otherwise. She lament all Democrat votes for the bill, only 14 GOP for it. Is that GOP champion free market is the reason against it? p298 So that is why I think her logic is so flaw, contradict to her own data and words.
4. As for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) or 800,000 DREAMers, my sympathy go to them.
It always fascinate me why she or similar kind of people opposes immigrant policy which her and her family benefited most, as her parents' work visa and her automatic citizenship. Do she forget her family was once a member of poor / or immigrant people? How does she solve this cognitive dissonance?
Here is some information copy from Wikipedia.
H1-B visa is the legal gateway to U.S citizens or permanent residency for skilled or if not so talent foreigners like her parents. The normal pass for talent foreigners: First F-1 visa studying in U.S, then OPT, then H-1B, then green cards, then citizenship.
I think Michlelle Malkin's parents are sort of like this. If Michlelle Malkin write only devastated part of immigration laws, her words are highly skewed, not fact-based objective correct analysis. Illegal people with a lower pay do contribute, so we could have cheap product. Illegal or legal, everyone do their share. Only Demonize all these foreigners without mentioning their contribute, she not only betrays her own origin as immigrants, but belittle their diligent work. As the book of last conclusion, in her own word "Have people (that is guest workers) come to the U.S for one purpose. Go back. " I wonder if her own parents feel offended or not? So with so many her reform proposal, not only stupid but also cruel.
In all, this book should be heavily criticized read. I read it because it has audio available at my library.
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Some basic information about H-1B visa:
The H-1B is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H) which allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. A worker with a H-1B visa can remain in the US for up to six years. It is initially for three years but can be extended for additional three years. Based on the quota determined by USCIS, the regular H-1B cap limit allows for 65,000 petitions. An additional 20,000 are allotted for specialty workers who possess U.S. Master's degrees (or a higher level of education) from an eligible and accredited institution.
As for H-1B visa, it is not cutting down quota, but to solve H-1B visa abuse in IT outsourcing companies. We should reform current law to be enforced as it is designed to be: attract the talent people, not used to as indentured labor or outsourcing outlet as in current IT outsourcing companies such as Cognizant, Infosys, Tata (together over 70% H-1B visa) as data I show below. While IBM, Apple hire master degree people, those outsourcing simply hire bachelor degree people.
Data I google:
Almost 4,000 companies submitted H-1B visa applications in fiscal year 2016. The top 20 sponsors took home 37% of all visas issued. IT outsourcing companies made up the top five
Cognizant Tech Solutions 21,459, Infosys 12,780, Tata 11,295,
Comparing with IBM 3,569, Microsoft 3,556, Google 2,517, Apple 1,992.
Indians accounted for more than 74% of H-1B visas in 2016, 2017 in USCIS report, China with a little over 9%. It is fact India is the major source of high-tech offshoring and China is low skill labor market. Indian has language advantage, because their long colony history of Britain, English is not only one official language, English is commonly used among several different Indian language system to communicate.
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1. Michlelle Malkin just need to reflect her own parent history to know whatever she wrote about H-1B or OPT is highly skewed. H-1B, OPT or some favored policy for high degree holders work for universities, research center, or nonprofit may not be genius visa, but they are braniacs visa. If not counting for H-1B visa abuse, majority of these holder are high educated and skilled, a great benefit to American society. Ask who want to hire people if they cannot perform the job? And how could 65,000 annual H-1B visa quota compared to 156 million jobs really cause the mass layoff? It is not H-1B visa problems but mass outsourcing, seeking cheaper labor.
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2. There are some subtlety of H-1B holders that Michlelle Malkin failed to distinguish clearly.
One category of H-1B holder are full-time workers who directly work for the companies who hired them, they are paid at prevailing wage, that is current average market wage. They are often high skilled and talent people, working at Microsoft, Facebook, Google, universities, research centers, etc. Michlelle Malkin's parents obviously belonged to this kind of visas and many others. These H-1B visas work as they are designed for, attract talents people to America. What we should do is not cut down such H-1B visa, but to reform our laws to increase such kind H-1B quota, encourage companies and universities hire high skilled full-time foreign employees.
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Problem caused by IT outsourcing companies Infosys, Tata:
3. Another category of H-1B holder are contractor workers who are hired by consulting services companies, such as India based Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, Tata, Satyam, KForce, actually work for third companies. These companies are basically "middleman" contract companies. To be fair, this is law to prevent such contracts " a company making a Labor Condition Application must certify that it will not place the nonimmigrant with another employer... (you see read more on p78) and also prevailing wage regulations, but always there are loop hole. There are huge problems in such "contracts" consulting service companies.
---First, top three IT outsourcing companies made up over 70% H-1B quota,
Cognizant Tech Solutions 21,459, Infosys 12,780, Tata 11,295,
Comparing with IBM 3,569, Microsoft 3,556, Google 2,517, Apple 1,992.
---Second, these IT outsourcing companies cause mass outsourcing. In chapter 4, mass layoff and outsourcing are all related to these kind of companies. Those who hold H-1B is tiny workforce American people who are forced to train before they are fired, the major workload are done back in India by native Indian IT workers who cost a tiny fraction of his American counterpart. A reality is well known at software industry, "we could get four Indian guys for cheaper than price of you." In its core, it is no longer H-1B quota problems, it is outsourcing problems, seeking cheaper labor. It happens not only in low labor intensive manufacture industry, but also in high-tech area too.
p95 Tata is consistently one of the top H-1B sponsors in the United States, having sponsored 8,701 new H-1B visas in 2013, 6,692 new H-1B visas in 2012, and 5,365 in 2011, as well as 25,908 L-1 intracompany transfer visas between 2002 and 2011.
Some service supplies offered a three tiered rate structure: U.S. Based, Landed and Offshore. Based and Landed resources can be significant.
Landed resources – foreign workers performing onsite work under short term visas. resources refers to workers. These companies are called "bodyshops"
In a nutshell, first kinds of H-1B holders are talents people companies want to keep, these people are hired as full-time workers in Microsoft, Apple. Second kinds are temporary workers less talents only wanted on demand, that is what those services companies for are, sweatshop of high IT workers pools. Who are we going to blame for? Blood sucking capitalists, or cheaper products consumers?
--- Third, lower wages for these H-1B holder or or suppressing local wages. in Chapter 5, author address how H-1B create a system of indentured servitude from binding, bodyshopping, benching, payroll-running. it is fact those contract companies pay their workers less than their U.S. citizen peers.
---Fourth,H-1B fraud and guest worker traffickers, payroll-running, as written in chapter 5, examples like Dynanoba “Ken” Kendre, Nilesh Dasondi, Phani Raju Bhima Raju, lakireddy bali reddy (sexual slavery ). kizzy kalu. Although they are minority.
---Fifth, BILOH (B-1 visa in lieu of H-1B) in those outsourcing companies. B1 abuse on Infosys on 2011 in Chapter 6 to import Indians people to American doing full-time jobs. (People on B1 can not work in American by law)
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Chapter 7 EB-5
EB-5: EB stand for employment-based immigration, "5" signifies that it was the fifth preference category of its kind created by Congress in 1990 Immigration Act. By investing in a troubled business by immigrant investors between 500,000 and 1 millions dollars, generated at least 10 full time jobs . There are 10,000 EB-5 immigrant visas available annually.
In 1992, Congress created the "Immigrant Investor Pilot Program" and established government-approved EB-5 "regional centers". As of March 2015, there were 614 such regional centers approved by the feds. Participation in the program has risen from 5,748 visa winners in 2008 to 22,444 in 2014.
p159 in 2014 Canadian end its foreign investor program.
--my comment: if EB-5 enforced as it designed to be, the investment to highly risk American business or just investment and it could benefits to American people. But in reality, it is highly corrupted area, such as most money go to pockets of bureaucrats, not genuine investment.
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Chapter 8 The L visa
Congress create L visa on 1970 to allow multinational companies to transfer employees from their overseas offices to a U.S based operation.
L-1A or executives and managers , L-1B for professional employees.
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Chapter 9, 10 Students Visas and OPT
1.2 millions foreign students in U.S. 80% on F-1 visa, the rest on J culture exchange, M vocational studies visa.
FY 2013, 534,320 new F-1 visas.
Students in F-1 visa cannot work outside campus unless they're in CPT or OPT.
OPT: 12 months + 17 months if students in STEM.
Students on OPT may not accumulate more than 90 days of unemployment or you will be out of valid F-1 status. Students who receive a STEM extension are given an additional 60 days of unemployment for a total of 150 days of unemployment.
Although there are "visa mill" and "diploma mill" institutions whose sole purpose to enlist students not on degree purpose but on illegal work on CPT or OPT conditions, those institutions and students are minority as written in chapter 9.
Although there is 10,000 education institutions accredited by SEVP to accept foreign students, but they are not considered equally. Usually companies only recruit foreign students from top universities. Students from less famous universities are hard to find job, returning rate is very high.
I don't know why Michlelle Malkin thinks it is worth writing about F-1 visa frauds, it is petty criminals. If her writing give you impression that it is easy for foreigner students even in STEM degree to find jobs, you are wrong. Some Data I google from http://monitor.icef.com/:
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Visa information based on this book:
Foreigners enters US on
1. immigrant (seeking permanent residence)
2. non immigrant (students, diplomats, tourists, workers)
For workers is H-1B, Students F-1, tourists B2, business B1 visa.
3. Refuges/ asylees
Three steps to get H1-B Visa
1. First files a Labor Condition Application (LCA), must be approved by 7 days by Department of Labor
2. Employers file I-129
3. Obtain a visa
Labor certification process required for obtaining green card (lawful permanent residency status is different from LCA for H-1B visa. Labor certification are much more strict.
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History of working visa, from H-1, H-2 to H-1B based on this book: p9-10
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran–Walter Act. It has been in effect since June 27, 1952. Create two main guest worker viass: H-1 for distinguished and H-2 for ordinary workers.
Immigration Act of 1990, which created the H-1B program by Bruce Morrison, felt H1 program which was created in 1952 was too loose.
H-1B visas capped at 65,000 per year
The American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) passed on October 21, 1998, increase cap to 115,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 2000.
The American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21) passed on October 2000, increase cap to 195,000 for fiscal year 2001 to 2003. In addition, AC21 permanently exempted all foreign guest worked hired by institutions of higher education, as well as nonprofit and government-research organization from the cap.
H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 reverse the cap to original level 65,000, but allow an additional 20,000 each year for foreign holding a master's degree or higher.
H-1B visa is issued for 3 years. It can be renewed for another 3 years. If the H-1B worker's employee sponsors him or her for legal permanent residency, the H-1B visa can be extended in one-year increment until a green card is granted. p5
-- I did some google research, here is data: 6.3 million unemployed and employment was 156.0 million. (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-s...) on Oct 13, 2018
Here is some basic math:
6.3 million / 156 million= 4 % = 0.04 (unemployed rate)
every 100 employed there is 4 people unemployed
65,000 H1-B vista quota, supposed it is all used up: Note: this is annual visa quota.
65,000 / 156 million = 0.000393939 = 0.0004
every 10000 employed there is only 4 people holding H-1B visa.
unemployment rate is 100 times higher than holding H-1B visa. 65,000 H-1B visas holding vs. 156.0 million jobs.
--My conclusion: To be fair to the author, there is also Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for 560,000 foreign students to have been authorized to work in U.S.
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Some other issues:
O-visa: truly talent high achievers, extraordinary, people who achieve world fame, but in reality, how many people can achieve it, and how many people want to leave their country to U.S. These people are top of the food chain in their own country, If there are no less talent demand visa, how her parents can leave their country to seek work? so to Mrs. Malkin, write the book with more reality in check, otherwise it is unconvinced.
Author repeated write master's degree dished out by Indian's diploma mills is highly biased. Do she believe such people with such diploma can get very competitive jobs?
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Vocabulary:
get the boot: be dismissed from one's job.
Slush fund n.（尤指用于政治目的的）非法基金;
K Street: a street in Washington, D.C., United States. Lobbying industry in the United States, as a figure of speech, as many lobbyists traditionally had offices on this street.
The Gang of Eight is: a colloquial term for a set of eight leaders within the United States Congress who are briefed on classified intelligence matters by the executive branch.
bait-and-switch: the action (generally illegal) of advertising goods that are an apparent bargain, with the intention of substituting inferior or more expensive goods.
Eminent Domain – also referred to as “condemnation” – is the power of local, state or federal government agencies to take private property for public use provided the owner is paid just compensation.
much ado about nothing : A big fuss over a trifle, as in Jerry had everyone running around looking for his gloves.
A blue chip is a nationally recognized, well-established, and financially sound company. ...Blue chip companies are known to weather downturns and operate profitably in the face of adverse economic conditions, which helps to contribute to their long record of stable and reliable growth. Examples Coca-Cola, Disney, Intel, and IBM
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she likes using naming calling, Beltway crapweasels, some degenerate words, often attack the personality of opponents, instead of objectively criticizing, I find conservative writers more like to use this kind of writing style, like President Trump, full mouth of rude words. On the contrary, liberal writers more resort to logic and reasoning.
eAUDIOBOOK 331.125 MAL
Summary: H-1B or not H-1B, or whatever immigration laws, society development depends on natural resource, labor, and knowledge, capitalists want all these, want them cheapest and best, so that lie the dilemma.
I can't take Michlelle Malkin's words too seriously because of serious flaws.
1. Mass layoff are caused by mass outsourcing, to India for IT work, to China for low-end labor, not by limited number of H-1B (H-4 dependent visa can work passed on May, 2014) visa, B1, EB-5, L visa, F-1 related CPT and OPT, although they displace the American workers in American job market, but huge job loss are outsourcing which is main source. If we can't rein in unfettered free market policy : make profit by seeking cheaper labor championed by the rich capitalist Republican: her party, we can not solve problem fundamentally.
2. Some data in her own book is quite against her acclaiming relax visa laws, let alone rigorousness and correctness of her analytical skill. Here is some examples:
First, H-1B number bloomed on economic bubble, but drop to original quota.
H-1B visas capped at 65,000 per year original.
115,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 2000.
195,000 for fiscal year 2001 to 2003.
Drop to 65,000 per year again.
Second, on chapter 12, mainly taking abut
Senate bill S.744 (BSEOIMA), and The creation of H-1B SWDE.
The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S.744) aka Senate bill S.744 (BSEOIMA) approved by U.S Senate on June 27, 2013.
H-1B Dependent Employer: more than 51 employees with 15% percent of workers on H-1B visas.
H-1B Skilled Worker Dependent Employer (SWDE) : measure H-1B workers against H-1B caliber workforce (my word: U.S does not want give janitor a H-1B visa).
Skilled Worker: with Zones 4 and Zones 5.
Job Zone 4 - occupations that need considerable preparation.
Job Zone 5 - occupations that need extensive preparation
// Does two show tightening rule? I don't why author think otherwise. She lament all Democrat votes for the bill, only 14 GOP for it. Is that GOP champion free market is the reason against it? p298 So that is why I think her logic is so flaw, contradict to her own data and words.
4. As for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) or 800,000 DREAMers, my sympathy go to them.
It always fascinate me why she or similar kind of people opposes immigrant policy which her and her family benefited most, as her parents' work visa and her automatic citizenship. Do she forget her family was once a member of poor / or immigrant people? How does she solve this cognitive dissonance?
Here is some information copy from Wikipedia.
Michelle Malkin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Philippine citizens Rafaela – a homemaker and teacher – and Apolo DeCastro Maglalang, who was then a physician-in-training. Several months prior to Malkin's birth, her parents had immigrated to the United States on an employer-sponsored visa.
Malkin believes that the custom of granting automatic citizenship at birth to U.S.-born children of foreign tourists, temporary foreign workers, and illegal aliens undermines the integrity of citizenship and national security.
H1-B visa is the legal gateway to U.S citizens or permanent residency for skilled or if not so talent foreigners like her parents. The normal pass for talent foreigners: First F-1 visa studying in U.S, then OPT, then H-1B, then green cards, then citizenship.
I think Michlelle Malkin's parents are sort of like this. If Michlelle Malkin write only devastated part of immigration laws, her words are highly skewed, not fact-based objective correct analysis. Illegal people with a lower pay do contribute, so we could have cheap product. Illegal or legal, everyone do their share. Only Demonize all these foreigners without mentioning their contribute, she not only betrays her own origin as immigrants, but belittle their diligent work. As the book of last conclusion, in her own word "Have people (that is guest workers) come to the U.S for one purpose. Go back. " I wonder if her own parents feel offended or not? So with so many her reform proposal, not only stupid but also cruel.
In all, this book should be heavily criticized read. I read it because it has audio available at my library.
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Some basic information about H-1B visa:
The H-1B is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H) which allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. A worker with a H-1B visa can remain in the US for up to six years. It is initially for three years but can be extended for additional three years. Based on the quota determined by USCIS, the regular H-1B cap limit allows for 65,000 petitions. An additional 20,000 are allotted for specialty workers who possess U.S. Master's degrees (or a higher level of education) from an eligible and accredited institution.
As for H-1B visa, it is not cutting down quota, but to solve H-1B visa abuse in IT outsourcing companies. We should reform current law to be enforced as it is designed to be: attract the talent people, not used to as indentured labor or outsourcing outlet as in current IT outsourcing companies such as Cognizant, Infosys, Tata (together over 70% H-1B visa) as data I show below. While IBM, Apple hire master degree people, those outsourcing simply hire bachelor degree people.
Data I google:
Almost 4,000 companies submitted H-1B visa applications in fiscal year 2016. The top 20 sponsors took home 37% of all visas issued. IT outsourcing companies made up the top five
Cognizant Tech Solutions 21,459, Infosys 12,780, Tata 11,295,
Comparing with IBM 3,569, Microsoft 3,556, Google 2,517, Apple 1,992.
Indians accounted for more than 74% of H-1B visas in 2016, 2017 in USCIS report, China with a little over 9%. It is fact India is the major source of high-tech offshoring and China is low skill labor market. Indian has language advantage, because their long colony history of Britain, English is not only one official language, English is commonly used among several different Indian language system to communicate.
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1. Michlelle Malkin just need to reflect her own parent history to know whatever she wrote about H-1B or OPT is highly skewed. H-1B, OPT or some favored policy for high degree holders work for universities, research center, or nonprofit may not be genius visa, but they are braniacs visa. If not counting for H-1B visa abuse, majority of these holder are high educated and skilled, a great benefit to American society. Ask who want to hire people if they cannot perform the job? And how could 65,000 annual H-1B visa quota compared to 156 million jobs really cause the mass layoff? It is not H-1B visa problems but mass outsourcing, seeking cheaper labor.
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2. There are some subtlety of H-1B holders that Michlelle Malkin failed to distinguish clearly.
One category of H-1B holder are full-time workers who directly work for the companies who hired them, they are paid at prevailing wage, that is current average market wage. They are often high skilled and talent people, working at Microsoft, Facebook, Google, universities, research centers, etc. Michlelle Malkin's parents obviously belonged to this kind of visas and many others. These H-1B visas work as they are designed for, attract talents people to America. What we should do is not cut down such H-1B visa, but to reform our laws to increase such kind H-1B quota, encourage companies and universities hire high skilled full-time foreign employees.
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Problem caused by IT outsourcing companies Infosys, Tata:
3. Another category of H-1B holder are contractor workers who are hired by consulting services companies, such as India based Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, Tata, Satyam, KForce, actually work for third companies. These companies are basically "middleman" contract companies. To be fair, this is law to prevent such contracts " a company making a Labor Condition Application must certify that it will not place the nonimmigrant with another employer... (you see read more on p78) and also prevailing wage regulations, but always there are loop hole. There are huge problems in such "contracts" consulting service companies.
---First, top three IT outsourcing companies made up over 70% H-1B quota,
Cognizant Tech Solutions 21,459, Infosys 12,780, Tata 11,295,
Comparing with IBM 3,569, Microsoft 3,556, Google 2,517, Apple 1,992.
---Second, these IT outsourcing companies cause mass outsourcing. In chapter 4, mass layoff and outsourcing are all related to these kind of companies. Those who hold H-1B is tiny workforce American people who are forced to train before they are fired, the major workload are done back in India by native Indian IT workers who cost a tiny fraction of his American counterpart. A reality is well known at software industry, "we could get four Indian guys for cheaper than price of you." In its core, it is no longer H-1B quota problems, it is outsourcing problems, seeking cheaper labor. It happens not only in low labor intensive manufacture industry, but also in high-tech area too.
p95 Tata is consistently one of the top H-1B sponsors in the United States, having sponsored 8,701 new H-1B visas in 2013, 6,692 new H-1B visas in 2012, and 5,365 in 2011, as well as 25,908 L-1 intracompany transfer visas between 2002 and 2011.
Some service supplies offered a three tiered rate structure: U.S. Based, Landed and Offshore. Based and Landed resources can be significant.
Landed resources – foreign workers performing onsite work under short term visas. resources refers to workers. These companies are called "bodyshops"
In a nutshell, first kinds of H-1B holders are talents people companies want to keep, these people are hired as full-time workers in Microsoft, Apple. Second kinds are temporary workers less talents only wanted on demand, that is what those services companies for are, sweatshop of high IT workers pools. Who are we going to blame for? Blood sucking capitalists, or cheaper products consumers?
--- Third, lower wages for these H-1B holder or or suppressing local wages. in Chapter 5, author address how H-1B create a system of indentured servitude from binding, bodyshopping, benching, payroll-running. it is fact those contract companies pay their workers less than their U.S. citizen peers.
---Fourth,H-1B fraud and guest worker traffickers, payroll-running, as written in chapter 5, examples like Dynanoba “Ken” Kendre, Nilesh Dasondi, Phani Raju Bhima Raju, lakireddy bali reddy (sexual slavery ). kizzy kalu. Although they are minority.
---Fifth, BILOH (B-1 visa in lieu of H-1B) in those outsourcing companies. B1 abuse on Infosys on 2011 in Chapter 6 to import Indians people to American doing full-time jobs. (People on B1 can not work in American by law)
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Chapter 7 EB-5
EB-5: EB stand for employment-based immigration, "5" signifies that it was the fifth preference category of its kind created by Congress in 1990 Immigration Act. By investing in a troubled business by immigrant investors between 500,000 and 1 millions dollars, generated at least 10 full time jobs . There are 10,000 EB-5 immigrant visas available annually.
In 1992, Congress created the "Immigrant Investor Pilot Program" and established government-approved EB-5 "regional centers". As of March 2015, there were 614 such regional centers approved by the feds. Participation in the program has risen from 5,748 visa winners in 2008 to 22,444 in 2014.
p159 in 2014 Canadian end its foreign investor program.
--my comment: if EB-5 enforced as it designed to be, the investment to highly risk American business or just investment and it could benefits to American people. But in reality, it is highly corrupted area, such as most money go to pockets of bureaucrats, not genuine investment.
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Chapter 8 The L visa
Congress create L visa on 1970 to allow multinational companies to transfer employees from their overseas offices to a U.S based operation.
L-1A or executives and managers , L-1B for professional employees.
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Chapter 9, 10 Students Visas and OPT
1.2 millions foreign students in U.S. 80% on F-1 visa, the rest on J culture exchange, M vocational studies visa.
FY 2013, 534,320 new F-1 visas.
Students in F-1 visa cannot work outside campus unless they're in CPT or OPT.
OPT: 12 months + 17 months if students in STEM.
Students on OPT may not accumulate more than 90 days of unemployment or you will be out of valid F-1 status. Students who receive a STEM extension are given an additional 60 days of unemployment for a total of 150 days of unemployment.
Although there are "visa mill" and "diploma mill" institutions whose sole purpose to enlist students not on degree purpose but on illegal work on CPT or OPT conditions, those institutions and students are minority as written in chapter 9.
Although there is 10,000 education institutions accredited by SEVP to accept foreign students, but they are not considered equally. Usually companies only recruit foreign students from top universities. Students from less famous universities are hard to find job, returning rate is very high.
I don't know why Michlelle Malkin thinks it is worth writing about F-1 visa frauds, it is petty criminals. If her writing give you impression that it is easy for foreigner students even in STEM degree to find jobs, you are wrong. Some Data I google from http://monitor.icef.com/:
Official government statistics show that 339,700 Chinese students went abroad during 2011, with 186,200 overseas graduates returning to China that same year. In 2016, 544,500 Chinese students went abroad while 432,500 returned from overseas study. increased from 55% in 2011 to nearly 80% in 2016.
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Visa information based on this book:
Foreigners enters US on
1. immigrant (seeking permanent residence)
2. non immigrant (students, diplomats, tourists, workers)
For workers is H-1B, Students F-1, tourists B2, business B1 visa.
3. Refuges/ asylees
Three steps to get H1-B Visa
1. First files a Labor Condition Application (LCA), must be approved by 7 days by Department of Labor
2. Employers file I-129
3. Obtain a visa
Labor certification process required for obtaining green card (lawful permanent residency status is different from LCA for H-1B visa. Labor certification are much more strict.
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History of working visa, from H-1, H-2 to H-1B based on this book: p9-10
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran–Walter Act. It has been in effect since June 27, 1952. Create two main guest worker viass: H-1 for distinguished and H-2 for ordinary workers.
Immigration Act of 1990, which created the H-1B program by Bruce Morrison, felt H1 program which was created in 1952 was too loose.
H-1B visas capped at 65,000 per year
The American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) passed on October 21, 1998, increase cap to 115,000 for fiscal year 1999 and 2000.
The American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21) passed on October 2000, increase cap to 195,000 for fiscal year 2001 to 2003. In addition, AC21 permanently exempted all foreign guest worked hired by institutions of higher education, as well as nonprofit and government-research organization from the cap.
H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 reverse the cap to original level 65,000, but allow an additional 20,000 each year for foreign holding a master's degree or higher.
H-1B visa is issued for 3 years. It can be renewed for another 3 years. If the H-1B worker's employee sponsors him or her for legal permanent residency, the H-1B visa can be extended in one-year increment until a green card is granted. p5
-- I did some google research, here is data: 6.3 million unemployed and employment was 156.0 million. (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-s...) on Oct 13, 2018
Here is some basic math:
6.3 million / 156 million= 4 % = 0.04 (unemployed rate)
every 100 employed there is 4 people unemployed
65,000 H1-B vista quota, supposed it is all used up: Note: this is annual visa quota.
65,000 / 156 million = 0.000393939 = 0.0004
every 10000 employed there is only 4 people holding H-1B visa.
unemployment rate is 100 times higher than holding H-1B visa. 65,000 H-1B visas holding vs. 156.0 million jobs.
--My conclusion: To be fair to the author, there is also Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for 560,000 foreign students to have been authorized to work in U.S.
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Some other issues:
O-visa: truly talent high achievers, extraordinary, people who achieve world fame, but in reality, how many people can achieve it, and how many people want to leave their country to U.S. These people are top of the food chain in their own country, If there are no less talent demand visa, how her parents can leave their country to seek work? so to Mrs. Malkin, write the book with more reality in check, otherwise it is unconvinced.
Author repeated write master's degree dished out by Indian's diploma mills is highly biased. Do she believe such people with such diploma can get very competitive jobs?
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Vocabulary:
get the boot: be dismissed from one's job.
Slush fund n.（尤指用于政治目的的）非法基金;
K Street: a street in Washington, D.C., United States. Lobbying industry in the United States, as a figure of speech, as many lobbyists traditionally had offices on this street.
The Gang of Eight is: a colloquial term for a set of eight leaders within the United States Congress who are briefed on classified intelligence matters by the executive branch.
bait-and-switch: the action (generally illegal) of advertising goods that are an apparent bargain, with the intention of substituting inferior or more expensive goods.
Eminent Domain – also referred to as “condemnation” – is the power of local, state or federal government agencies to take private property for public use provided the owner is paid just compensation.
much ado about nothing : A big fuss over a trifle, as in Jerry had everyone running around looking for his gloves.
A blue chip is a nationally recognized, well-established, and financially sound company. ...Blue chip companies are known to weather downturns and operate profitably in the face of adverse economic conditions, which helps to contribute to their long record of stable and reliable growth. Examples Coca-Cola, Disney, Intel, and IBM
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she likes using naming calling, Beltway crapweasels, some degenerate words, often attack the personality of opponents, instead of objectively criticizing, I find conservative writers more like to use this kind of writing style, like President Trump, full mouth of rude words. On the contrary, liberal writers more resort to logic and reasoning.
April 27, 2018
I finally finished reading this book.
This book is Thiccc. but excellent details.
yeah there's a lot of repeating about what folks in washington and congress and big companies did, but isn't that the point of this book?
this book opened me up to problems we have in american politics. As a legal immigrant myself, I found it uncomfortable read at first, but it occured to me that we're talking about writing questionable and unethical laws into our legal system, while having enforcement policy of basket rolling in the desert. Are policies "illegal" if the very politicians we vote for put them into law?
Second, after shifting my political view from right to left and back to the middle, my current view point is not to trust the affair of big companies and government who piggyback each other. There are many honest, hard working middle class americans who are trying to make it in america. We're not talking about low wage jobs like food service or retail here, but skilled americans replaced by foreign migrants, because it's too expensive to pay americans a competitive income for their talent and experiences, and they would rather skim on labor cost on foreign migrants, who aren't compensated that well either.
At the end of the day, it's like the 99% vs the 1% is it? the democrats vs republican left vs right is just a distraction of the big money and the policy makers hugging and wine dining with each other
(ok i read to explore my opinion on this world, so this is just my opinion.)
This book is Thiccc. but excellent details.
yeah there's a lot of repeating about what folks in washington and congress and big companies did, but isn't that the point of this book?
this book opened me up to problems we have in american politics. As a legal immigrant myself, I found it uncomfortable read at first, but it occured to me that we're talking about writing questionable and unethical laws into our legal system, while having enforcement policy of basket rolling in the desert. Are policies "illegal" if the very politicians we vote for put them into law?
Second, after shifting my political view from right to left and back to the middle, my current view point is not to trust the affair of big companies and government who piggyback each other. There are many honest, hard working middle class americans who are trying to make it in america. We're not talking about low wage jobs like food service or retail here, but skilled americans replaced by foreign migrants, because it's too expensive to pay americans a competitive income for their talent and experiences, and they would rather skim on labor cost on foreign migrants, who aren't compensated that well either.
At the end of the day, it's like the 99% vs the 1% is it? the democrats vs republican left vs right is just a distraction of the big money and the policy makers hugging and wine dining with each other
(ok i read to explore my opinion on this world, so this is just my opinion.)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 14, 2020
Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best Brightest Workers by Michelle Malkin exposes the corruption in our immigration system and how large corporations working with congress from both major parties play the system to their advantage to hire immigrants in the Science Technology Engineering and Math fields at much lower pay than Americans in those fields. In many cases they even require existing American employees in those fields to train their immigrant replacements. The author also shares examples of outright fraud where women without training in any of the STEM fields as passed off as such and brought into the US for everything from low paying entry level work to prostitution. Much of this is sold due to a claimed shortage of American scientists and engineers and companies claiming they can't fill positions with American citizens even though there are plenty of them looking for work. Sold Out chronicles political corruption in Washington DC as well as the enabling practices of enabling journalists and open borders billionaires. Very appropriate read for anyone with an interest in or who works in technical careers but should be of concern for everyone.
March 22, 2017
The theme of this book is: put Native-born Americans first. “. …immigration and entrance policies are first and foremost matters of national security and economic security for the citizens within our own borders…start protecting Americans’ shot at the American Dream.” page 315
A totally eye-opening book about the immigration (especially foreign or “guest” worker) problem, or rather, FRAUD, that has been perpetrated on our country. The authors go into great (and depressing) detail about the history and politics of this issue. They list and expose the part of politicians and corporate and hi-tech billionaires, (as well as universities) in this immoral scam. The book also exposes the lies and myths about the so-called worker shortage including STEM workers and the lack of a central database to track those who break the law. Read this and weep!! A waste of our native born Americans and their talents. We deserve BETTER.
A totally eye-opening book about the immigration (especially foreign or “guest” worker) problem, or rather, FRAUD, that has been perpetrated on our country. The authors go into great (and depressing) detail about the history and politics of this issue. They list and expose the part of politicians and corporate and hi-tech billionaires, (as well as universities) in this immoral scam. The book also exposes the lies and myths about the so-called worker shortage including STEM workers and the lack of a central database to track those who break the law. Read this and weep!! A waste of our native born Americans and their talents. We deserve BETTER.
October 18, 2020
This is a very well-documented and deep look into the practices of major corporations exporting U.S. high tech jobs. The co-author John Miano worked at Digital Equipment where I was employed for 19 years. In a later job, I witnessed heartbreaking cases of good employees being laid off only to be replaced with unqualified H1B visa employees, so I didn't need to read this book to know it's reporting something real. Since Trump has already restricted this program and to the horror of Democrats and some fellow Republicans promised to do more in his second term, it just another reason to vote for Trump and keep reading Michelle Malkin.
January 8, 2016
I should have known the author was conservative and a Faux News contributor... after all, she resorts to loaded language and juvenile name calling ("crapweasels"? Did you come up with that on your own or while arguing over softball rules on the sandlot yesterday?) Still, there are a lot of good points. Consume with a big grain of salt.
December 19, 2017
Does a good job explaining what the media hides.
June 27, 2025
Even though this was written 10 years ago, it largely holds up--not much has changed unfortunately. It is thoroughly and expertly researched. That may be why it's somewhat dry in parts, but consider the subject *shrugs.* Very educational.
August 2, 2018
I work in IT, so this subject is near and dear to my heart. Unfortunately, this book is just a lot of statistics over and over repeated in different ways.
September 18, 2018
good book, very informative.
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