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On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 02:18:37PM -0400, Adam Russell wrote: > Adam Russell wrote: ... > > Does anyone know of a resource which lists candidates for local/national > office and their position on curbing immigration abuses? > Also, more specifically, how does Kerry stand on these issues, does > anyone here know? What about the Massachusetts delegation's postion on > the Tancredo bill to overhaul H1b and L-1 visa programs? > Lot of info out there but I haven't found any Mass specific stuff. So does this mean H1B's are not welcome at the BLU events ;) ? Keep an eye on CSPAN. I saw a debate between all the democratic candidates from a steel local in Philly last night that was pretty interesting. Some of the questions dealt with immigration and labour problems, although most of the candidates spoke more about manufacturing than software. One, I think it may have been Lieberman, mentioned that very technical jobs were also being lost. You probably wouldn't want to vote for Carole Moseley Braun if you don't want more Canadian and Mexican H1B's. She seemed to favour open borders (interesting Candidate though - I could see her leading the NDP in Canada). Kucinich wants to rescind NAFTA, which would eliminate the TN-1 visa, I guess (unless the old Free Trade visa would come back in it's place). I can't remember much that Kerry said. He certainly looks very presidential, but his ideas didn't strike me as all that interesting. I just want to say in my defence as an H1B, I came here when there was an apparent boom and would have left if my girlfriend were willing to live in Canada. -- Mike Small smallm at panix.com
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