Expert: Guest Worker Reforms Are ‘PR Fix’ for Silicon Valley

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Breitbart News -- John Binder

Similarly, Brown’s legislation would mirror Lofgren’s bill in the sense that it would not deal with the number of H1-B visas given every year to foreign workers, but instead close loopholes that allow companies to hire cheaper, foreign workers over American workers.

NumbersUSA’s Director of Government Relations Rosemary Jenks told Breitbart Texas that both pieces of legislation are designed to look as though they are dealing with the problem of the H1-B visa program, but they are actually trying to help massive, California-based tech companies.

“[Lofgren] is not at all interested in slowing down the H1-B program,” Jenks said in an interview. “Her purpose is not to seriously reform the program. Her purpose is to fix a PR problem for the tech companies.”

The public relations problem Jenks is referring to revolves around Americans’ distrust of the H1-B visa program, which many feels outsources jobs to foreign workers without making sure there are no Americans to fill them.

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