Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090084828

Unemployment among professionals in HlB occupations remains high... Finally. it is worth pointing out that industry apologists for offshore outsourcing of American jobs have long proclaimed that one of the benefits of globalization would be the creation of high end. high skilled technical and professional jobs for workers in the United States. These same industries now seek to contract the number of these very same high end job opportunities that should otherwise be available to highly skilled American workers by once again expanding the H1B visa program. On behalf of the 4 million professional and technical workers that are members of our unions. we urge you to oppose any action that would have the effect of making it more difficult for unemployed U.S. professionals to find work. Mr.
Keywords matched
H1B visa

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT BYRD
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WV
Gender
M
Date
2005-11-02
Speech ID
1090084828
Paragraph
#0
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