Immigration Reform Bill.

For the moment the proposed immigration reform bill has stalled. Don't know if it will pass eventually, but I definitely had some problems with it. Here is a quote from Bernie Sanders on the Ars Technica web site:
"According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over the next decade, 2 million jobs will be created in mathematics, engineering, computer science, and physical science. That equates to about 200,000 jobs a year times 10 equals 2 million jobs," said Sanders on the Senate floor in May. "Under this legislation, the number of H-1B visas would increase to as many as 180,000 a year. That means virtually every job, about 90 percent that will be created in the high-tech sector over the next 10 years, could conceivably be taken by a H-1B visa holder."

One of the things I was hoping for when I got a Computer Science degree was that my job skills would be in high demand. I go to all the trouble to get marketable, and they act like they can't get enough people in the US to do this. One, that's bullshit, two, just pay more and people will do whatever you need.

Bernie Sanders, the Independent/Socialist Vermont Senator pointed this out nicely here. He noted that Wal Mart will have tens of thousands of people applying when they open a new store in an area, and then still claim that they have a labor shortage. Right.