Rand can win nomination by going after H1b visas & illegal immigration

[trojansc82]

Rand has an opportunity to take the nomination by going after the corrupt H1B visa program and illegal immigration.

He can still be for the H1B visa program, but reduce its size and scope. There are literally hundreds of thousands of American workers that are jobless due to this system. Additionally, he can show how if we reduce immigration the salaries will go up for low skill labor.

This may not be a popular theme on these forums, but it's reality. He could easily over take Walker and Cruz right now if he chooses to. Cruz is for creating an unlimited number of H1B visas, which would in essence allow any individual from India with a C.S. degree to work in the states.

 

[Foreigner]

You can never secure the borders 100%, especially one as long as the US-Mexican border, and decreasing the availability of legal immigration will increase the demand for illegal immigation. It doesn't solve anything except for having less control on who gets in, and their skillsets.

 

[trojansc82]

Ok, I can agree with bringing in more people to help pick fruits off of the trees for the farmers, but there is no shortage of skilled IT workers and engineers in the US.

You're right about not being able to secure the border 100%, but I think preventing 20,000 children from Central America from entering the U.S. every couple of months would be a start.

IMO this issue is more important to most Americans than Iran or ISIS.

Additionally, the NSA may resonate here, but for older Republicans the economy is number 1.

Rand is trying to build a coalition of different groups to vote for him, but New Hampshire and Iowa are composed mostly of whites, with Iowa being almost 90% white Christians. If he wants to get Iowa and New Hampshire, he's going to have to try something different. A reduction in H1B visas would give him a few points more in both states.

 

[pao]

Pretty sure Rand has stated many times that he support to greatly increasing H1B visas. He goes by the argument that doing so would satisfy labor demands thus decreasing the use of illegal workers that employers would hire, and that they would be better able to keep track of those workers because they would be documented. I think this is a losing position with the public.

 

[trojansc82]

Wow. Unreal. It's like there is literally no one speaking for the unemployed engineers and IT workers except for Jeff Sessions.

He would easily seal the nomination if he just sided with Sessions. It's like a no brainer.

 

[trojansc82]

You can never secure the borders 100%, especially one as long as the US-Mexican border, and decreasing the availability of legal immigration will increase the demand for illegal immigation. It doesn't solve anything except for having less control on who gets in, and their skillsets.

I always thought H1B visas were for critical skills. Most people don't consider Java, C++, and HTML "critical skills".

But you're right, in a perfect world, we would be able to monitor who is coming in to the US and their skillsets. Unfortunately, many foreign workers lie about their skills and there is no way to verify whether or not they are telling the truth.

I think the Southern California Edison case should be a wake up call for most people. It's truly unfortunate if Rand is trying to up the number of visas to displace U.S. citizens. He may get more money from wealthy donors, but he won't get votes from out of work IT workers or engineers, or most of the Tea Party. And that's who we need if we want to win NH and Iowa.

 

[Origanalist]

You can never secure the borders 100%, especially one as long as the US-Mexican border, and decreasing the availability of legal immigration will increase the demand for illegal immigation. It doesn't solve anything except for having less control on who gets in, and their skillsets.

Thanks for the advice Norway.

 

[Origanalist]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/norway-loses-713000-on-every-muslim-immigrant/

 

[trojansc82]

Whoa! 713,000 dollars lost per Muslim immigrant?

 

[erowe1]

He can still be for the H1B visa program, but reduce its size and scope.

That's the opposite of what he should do.

Unless you mean to get rid of it altogether and let an unlimited number of people come here and work without any visas at all.

 

[erowe1]

It doesn't solve anything except for having less control on who gets in, and their skillsets.

The government having less control on who gets in and their skill sets would be a good thing.

 

[AuH20]

Rand needs funding from Silicon Valley so I doubt he puts the brakes on H1B visas.

 

[trojansc82]

The government having less control on who gets in and their skill sets would be a good thing.

Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore disagree.

 

[trojansc82]

They won't win him the Republican nomination. And they definitely won't register as Republicans and vote in the primaries.

 

[William Tell]

Thanks for the advice Norway.

LOL! +rep.

 

[erowe1]

Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore disagree.

Let them disagree. They're wrong.

 

[Virgil]

And with more illegal immigration means less taxes paid, which is the angle that Rand is aiming for.

-Virgil

 

[erowe1]

And with more illegal immigration means less taxes paid, which is the angle that Rand is aiming for.

Very good point!

 

[trojansc82]

Where? They have the lowest crime rates and highest employment rates in the world.

Right now South Korea,Taiwan, and Singapore are predicted to become the richest non-oil countries in the world

Massive immigration does not mean prosperity. Try and find a ghetto in Japan, South Korea, or Singapore. They don't exist.

 

[trojansc82]

And with more illegal immigration means less taxes paid, which is the angle that Rand is aiming for.

-Virgil

LOL, this is hilarious. You really think that massive waves of barbarians (i.e. uncivilized people) flooding a first world country is a GOOD thing?

Wow, I simply don't know what to say. I think Rand's campaign is toast if this is what he believes.