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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that a new comprehensive immigration reform
bill will be in Congress by Labor Day. He didn't beat around the bush about
the intent of the bill either -- it will emphasize the importation of
highly skilled workers like scientists instead of allowing lower skilled
laborers like fruit pickers to enter the country illegally. He wants to
open the doors to a flood of educated foreign workers; in trade he claims
he will make it slightly tougher to come to the U.S. illegally.

Schumer singled out physicists, but of course he is using that as a
euphemism for STEM -- science, technology, engineering, and math.

Schumer released a 7 point immigration plan. #6 should set your alarms to
"RED ALERT" status:

http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=314990

   We must encourage the world’s best and brightest individuals to come
   to the United States and create the new technologies and businesses
   that will employ countless American workers, but must discourage
   businesses from using our immigration laws as a means to obtain
   temporary and less-expensive foreign labor to replace capable
   American workers.

Schumer reassures his audience that importing H-1Bs will result in the
hiring of Americans. He is banking the Bill Gates theory that every time an
H-1B gets a job at least seven Americans are hired. If that's not bad
enough he made a public statement that's even worse!
 
   "We have a shortage maybe of engineers here or Ph.D's in physics,
   but we probably don't have a shortage of people who can do
   construction work,"

Schumer implies that Congress can get away with expanding the H-1B program
until the woes in STEM professions is as bad as the construction industry.
He is probably right about that one because there is no way nerds are going
to rebel if the blue collar dudes with hard hats let their jobs be given
away to illegal aliens!

Schumer's declaration of a shortage of physicists is nothing new. In an
excerpt from a 1971 paper by Brian Schwartz titled "Can There be a Shortage
of PhD Physicists" he wrote:

   Now we turn to the concept of a 'shortage' of physicists usually
   associated with the word 'crisis'. In spite of the large over
   production of Ph.D.'s in physics and other sciences and the lack
   of demand commensurate with present supply and production
   capabilities, many leaders on the scientific community independent
   of the facts are warning of the possibility of shortages in the
   late 1970’s. I maintain that with the very large base of Ph.D.
   physicists developed in the last 20 years there is no possibility
   of a shortage and certainly no crisis. The so-called 'shortages'
   in the 1960's were artificial and manufactured by vast DOD and
   NASA demands rather than public demands.

Brian Schwartz opened the paper by stating something that raises a modern
question: just who is Schumer's daddy?

   In addition, one usually finds those responsible for predictions
   on manpower have some self-interest at stake in the results
   of the analysis.

ABC News makes that question very easy to answer. Schumer is taking his
marching orders from the high tech cheap labor lobbyists. You can bet
Compete America isn't the only one that is stuffing money in his back
pocket.

   Schumer's office has met to dyscuss his bill with Compete America,
   a coalition pushing for more visas for foreign workers. Members of
   the group are skeptical of a labor proposal for an appointed
   commission to set limits on visas and green cards given to legal
   residents, said Robert Hoffman, an in-house lobbyist for Oracle, a
   software company and member of Compete America.

What Schwartz wrote in 1971 was true then, and it is just as true today, He
wrote something else that is very fitting for those who engage in Schumer's
style of shortage shouting:

   In physics the so-called shortages are not immoral. What may be
   immoral is an over production of miseducated people.



REFERENCES:

http://www.phds.org/reading/schwartz/shortage.pdf
"CAN THERE BE A SHORTAGE OF PHD PHYSICISTS?", Brian B. Schwartz, Paper
Presented in 1971 at the The American Physical Society


http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=314990
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PRINCIPLES FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL IN
WORKS IN SENATE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2009


http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/ww
w/story/06-25-2009/0005050806&EDATE=
FAIR's Response to Sen. Charles Schumer's Seven Point Plan for So-Called
'Comprehensive Immigration Reform'


http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=8036217&pid=4380645
Schumer: Immigration Bill by Labor Day


http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_immigration/2009/07/08/233426.html
Schumer: Amnesty Bill for Illegals by Labor Day


http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/june-23-2009/sen-schumer-outline-amne
sty-bill-wednesday.html?jid=173918&lid=9&rid=1729&tid=309
Sen. Schumer to Outline Amnesty Bill on Wednesday


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http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=8036217&pid=4380645

Friday, July 10, 2009 Politics
Schumer: Immigration Bill by Labor Day
By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press Writer
7/8/09, 7:22 PM EDT
Photo: Schumer: Immigration Bill to Be Ready by Labor Day: Senate Democrat
says coming immigration bill to be more generous to high skilled workers
Bill to favor skilled workers, to be tougher on future illegal immigrants.

The lead Democrat steering an immigration overhaul through the Senate said
Wednesday he expects to have a bill ready by Labor Day that is more
generous to highly skilled immigrant workers than those who are lower
skilled and is tough on future waves of illegal immigration.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Sen. Chuck Schumer said an
immigration bill can be done by the end of the year or early next year that
works out disagreements between labor and business interests on the flow of
legal foreign workers.

"I think we'll have a good bill by Labor Day," said Schumer, D-N.Y. "I
think the fundamental building blocks are in place to do comprehensive
immigration reform."

Schumer said the way to get the bill done is to be very tough on future
waves of illegal immigration. He declared himself pro-immigration and said
the U.S. should encourage legal immigration and find some kind of path for
people now here to find a way to legal citizenship.

"We have a shortage maybe of engineers here or Ph.D's in physics, but we
probably don't have a shortage of people who can do construction work,"
Schumer said.

The AFL-CIO and the Change to Win labor unions earlier this year announced
their support for immigration reform, which they have opposed in the past.

But the unions' continued opposition to increases in visas for foreign
workers is at odds with the demand by business for legal foreign workers in
industries ranging from high-technology to agriculture.

"I think one of the ways to bridge it is to look at the different areas of
labor and where there are shortages and where there are not and where just
workers are being brought in for exploitive purposes — broadly put
meaning just get lower wages — rather than having a shortage," Schumer
said. "I think if you look at each broad field you can see that one size
does not fit all."

Schumer's office has met to dyscuss his bill with Compete America, a
coalition pushing for more visas for foreign workers. Members of the group
are skeptical of a labor proposal for an appointed commission to set limits
on visas and green cards given to legal residents, said Robert Hoffman, an
in-house lobbyist for Oracle, a software company and member of Compete
America.

Ana Avendano, AFL-CIO's director of immigration policy, said Schumer's "one
size doesn't fit all" view is shared by labor. "We want employers to have
workers they need, but the key is determining when there is a real need,
not one employers make up when they import temporary workers."

Earlier Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said
beginning Sept. 8, businesses wanting federal contracts would have to use
E-Verify, a Web-based system, to check whether their employees are legally
working in the U.S. The Bush and Obama administrations had delayed
implementing the rule.

The Senate voted for a proposal to make the E-Verify system permanent as it
debated a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department.

The department also said it is abandoning a Bush administration plan to
force employers to fire workers who can't resolve a mismatch between their
Social Security numbers don't match their names. The administration said it
would come up with a new rule.

The Bush administration had tried to root out undocumented workers through
so-called "no-match" letters that the Social Security Administration sends
employers. But a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union has
prevented the rule from taking effect.

Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking Republican on the House Judiciary
Committee, said the two announcements send mixed signals.

"The administration is saying illegal immigrants shouldn't have jobs by
supporting the federal contracting rule, but making it harder for companies
to follow the law by doing away with the Bush 'no-match rule,' " Smith
said.


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http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/us_immigration/2009/07/08/233426.html

Schumer: Amnesty Bill for Illegals by Labor Day

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 6:40 PM


WASHINGTON — The lead Democrat steering an immigration overhaul through
the Senate said Wednesday that he expects to have a bill ready by Labor Day
that is more generous to highly skilled immigrant workers than those who
are lower skilled and is tough on future waves of illegal immigration.

During an interview with The Associated Press, Sen. Chuck Schumer said an
immigration bill can be done by the end of the year or early next year that
works out disagreements between labor and business interests on the flow of
legal foreign workers.

"I think we'll have a good bill by Labor Day," said Schumer, D-N.Y. "I
think the fundamental building blocks are in place to do comprehensive
immigration reform."

The way to get the bill done is to be very tough on future waves of illegal
immigration, Schumer said. He declared himself pro-immigration and said the
United States should encourage legal immigration and find some kind of path
for people now here to find a way to legal citizenship.

"We have a shortage maybe of engineers here or Ph.D's in physics, but we
probably don't have a shortage of people who can do construction work,"
Schumer said.

The AFL-CIO and the Change to Win labor unions earlier this year announced
their support for immigration reform, which they have opposed in the past.

But the unions' continued opposition to increases in visas for foreign
workers is at odds with the demand by business for legal foreign workers in
industries ranging from high-technology to agriculture.

"I think one of the ways to bridge it is to look at the different areas of
labor and where there are shortages and where there are not and where just
workers are being brought in for exploitive purposes _ broadly put meaning
just get lower wages _ rather than having a shortage," Schumer said. "I
think if you look at each broad field you can see that one size does not
fit all."

Schumer's office has met to discuss his bill with Compete America, a
coalition pushing for more visas for foreign workers. Members of the group
are skeptical of a labor proposal for an appointed commission to set limits
on visas and green cards given to legal residents, said Robert Hoffman, an
in-house lobbyist for Oracle, a software company and member of Compete
America.

Ana Avendano, AFL-CIO's immigration policy director, said labor shares
Schumer's "one size doesn't fit all" view. "We want employers to have
workers they need, but the key is determining when there is a real need,
not one employers make up when they import temporary workers."

Earlier Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said
businesses wanting federal contracts would have to use E-Verify, a
Web-based system, beginning Sept. 8to check whether their employees are
working in the United States legally. The Bush and Obama administrations
had delayed implementing the rule.

The Senate voted for a proposal to make the E-Verify system permanent as it
debated a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department.

The department also said it is abandoning a Bush administration plan to
force employers to fire workers who can't resolve a mismatch between their
Social Security numbers and their names. The administration said it would
come up with a new rule.

The Bush administration had tried to root out undocumented workers through
so-called "no-match" letters the Social Security Administration sends
employers. But an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit has prevented the
rule from taking effect.

Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking Republican on the House Judiciary
Committee, said the two announcements send mixed signals.

"The administration is saying illegal immigrants shouldn't have jobs by
supporting the federal contracting rule, but making it harder for companies
to follow the law by doing away with the Bush 'no-match rule'," Smith said.

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http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/june-23-2009/sen-schumer-outline-amne
sty-bill-wednesday.html?jid=173918&lid=9&rid=1729&tid=309

Sen. Schumer to Outline Amnesty Bill on Wednesday

Updated Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 11:20 AM

Sen. Chuck Schumer

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who also chairs the Senate Immigration
Subcommittee, will unveil an outline for an immigration reform bill on
Wednesday that will likely detail a plan to offer amnesty to the nation's
more than 11 million illegal aliens.

Sen. Schumer took over the Senate Immigration Subcommittee after Sen. Ted
Kennedy stepped down. Already this session, Sen. Schumer has held two
Immigration Subcommittee hearings with the goal of proving that the timing
is right for a comprehensive immigration reform bill (amnesty).

Sen. Schumer plans to announce on Wednesday the principles that will guide
the immigration reform bill that he plans to introduce to the Senate later
this year. His announcement comes one day before Pres. Barack Obama will
host Congressional leaders at the White House to discuss immigration
reform.

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