Comment by G00d1
10 years ago
The problem is this visa should not exist for this type of work. Benefits of ending this visa:
1. Americans workers have jobs and see an increase in pay
2. Less likely to be abused workers
3. Less money given to bureaucracy
4. Less money to lawyers
5. No exploited foreigners
6. Money earned by workers stays in US instead of leaving the US economy and being sent overseas.
7. Churches have more time to help local population.
This is work that has to be done in the US. This isn't the same as a visa for a high tech worker creating a company.
There is no reason to have this visa for this type of work. It only helps rich business owners at the expense of American workers.
To play devil's advocate - so where would the workers come from to help after disasters like Katrina? If I understand correctly - those people were hired to keep rebuilding everything, since American workers were too busy taking care of their own homes and families, so it was hard to find anyone to do the actual job. If these workers were hired to do one specific job, got paid fair wage for it, and got out, then I wouldn't have a single problem with this visa type.
Just pay market rates. This company did not want to do that. They want to pay cheaper workers who then send that money out of the country. The company would not make the reported 700k per worker though. Not as good for upper management but better for America.