Immigration Amendment Would Prevent Companies From Laying Off U.S. Workers

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A new immigration reform amendment that's being proposed by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-V) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) could make it a lot tougher for firms to plan mass layoffs of U.S. workers if those companies have also hired foreign workers on visas.

The bi-partisan Sanders-Grassley amendment, which the senators hope to have "in the queue" for introduction before the Senate stops immigration reform debate, would require U.S. companies to certify to the Department of Labor that they haven't had any "mass layoffs" of American workers in the previous 12 months before they could file visa petitions with the U.S. government to hire any new foreign worker, according to Warren Gunnels, senior policy advisor to Sanders.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199901841

Sad that it's a Republican and a former Republican that came up with this idea before us, but I'm hoping the Democrats will vote for it.

[Pirate Smile]

1. Bernie Sanders is not a former Republican. You're mixing him up with Jim Jeffords.

I'm sure Byron Dorgan would have sponsored that Amendment also.

[LoZoccolo]

3. Ha yeah I am, my bag. n/t

[Double T]

2. More bait; sorry the 'fish' aren't biting.

'THEY' always assume they are dealing with complete idiots.

[Screwfly]

4. I have a feeling

big companies would be able to skirt or ride out a law against laying off so many workers and hiring guest workers, and the law would wind up being just a tool for them to drive smaller companies out of business.