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May 17, 2013

Tech, labor groups spar over immigration

  • Debate over U.S. tech jobs designated for foreigners has strained a bipartisan deal, showcased the power of big labor and splintered elite tech leaders who were hoping to make inroads in Washington.
    • By ANNE FLAHERTY
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.

    The answer is somewhere in between, depending as much on new technologies and the U.S. education system's ability to keep up as on the immigration law itself.


     
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