Jerry Leslie wrote (abridged):
> People can write their elected officials about the UNenforced H-1B laws.
> The voting records, postal addresses, email addresses, and fax numbers
> of elected officials, including members of Congress are available at:
>
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml
Project Vote Smart - A Voter's Self Defense System

> If they do reply, they'll tell you how H-1Bs are necessary because of
> the lack of skilled workers, or provide an assurance like Senator Orrin
> Hatch that H-1Bs are paid the prevailing wage, in a reply to one of
> his constituents:

(end quoted portion of previous message)

Indeed, I did write Senator Wayne Allard, and received the below canned response. I wrote back
pointing out a lot of the misconceptions he and his staff are working under, how the employment
situation has changed, that the INS is not enforcing the regulations, etc., but have received no
reply.

I am ready to start making a public "big deal", including feeding the local media (who really
don't like to work hard for a story), and publicly calling for boycotts of companies using
off-shore services.

-dtd


May 21, 2002



Mr. David Darnell
XXXX S. XXXX St
Denver, Colorado 80235


Dear Mr. Darnell:

Thank you for your letter regarding the issue of H1-B visas.  I appreciate
hearing your thoughts on this very important issue.

Senator Hatch's S.2045 passed both the Senate and the House of
Representatives and was signed into law by the President on October 17,
2000.  This law temporarily raised the number of visas the federal
government allows annually for highly skilled workers from 115,000 this
year to 195,000 annually through FY 2002.  These H-1B temporary visas were
given for a six-year period to foreigners with special skills, principally
in high tech and health care, that are in short supply domestically.

Colorado has become a leader in the high tech industry and we are
currently faced with a shortage of skilled high tech workers much like the
rest of America.  It is important for us as a state and a nation to have
access to skilled professionals who will allow us to compete in the global
market and to keep up with the cutting edge of technology.  In order to do
this we need to train American workers and make available the resources so
that they can replace the temporary workers we have today. This law
requires a modest increase in the fee application fee for H1-B visas which
goes toward the funding of programs to encourage more young people to
study mathematics, engineering and computer science and to train more
Americans in these areas.

Again thank you for writing and I look forward to hearing from you in the
future.

                                                                                                 Sincerely,



                                                                                                 Wayne Allard
                                                                                                 United States Senator


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