Bowing to the demands of corporations, Governors of 13 U.S. states are demanding an increase in H1-B Work Visas, dealing another blow to the prospects of American programmers and engineers.

On Tuesday, Governors of California, Washington, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Minnesota, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, Wyoming, Kansas and Indiana wrote to Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConell and House Minority Leader John Boehner seeking more H1-B Visas and Green Cards.

While we concentrate on building a highly skilled and competitive workforce for increasing opportunities in high-tech jobs, unfortunately today, we and our nation face a critical shortage of highly skilled professionals in math and science to fill current needs. Until we are able to address this workforce shortage we must recognize that foreign talent has a role to play in our ability to keep companies located in our state and country and, therefore need to ensure the increased availability of temporary H 1-B visas,and permanent resident visas (green cards).

Organizations like the IEEE and Programmers Guild have been opposed to the H1-B Visa program that allows corporations Continue Reading…