[BretLudwig]

((Microsoft software isn't very good. One reason is that, contrary to the
popular belief, Bill Gates was never much of a programmer himself, not
good enough to have simply become a working programmer 'back in the day'.
He was and is, however, good at figuring out how to implement the timeless
formula for getting stinking rich-privatize profits and commonize costs.
His father was a bigtime corporate attorney. H-1B is in essence a subsidy
from your pocket to his, and he knows it. Bret.))

An Obama Democrat Hopes Rumored Homeland Chief Janet Napolitano Will Not
Get Her Way

By Donald A. Collins

"Sadly, we get a good forecast of the possible future of immigration
reform in the Obama Administration from Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano,
who is likely to be President Obama's Homeland Security Secretary.

On November 24, 2008, the National Journal posted an excerpt from its
2007 interview with Janet Napolitano. Speaking with Lisa Caruso,
Napolitano gave her views on border security, which included very precise
comments on what most reasonable observers consider another major amnesty
[Arizona's Immigration Test, 8 December 15, 2007].

First, border enforcement: "Here's my enforcement strategy. It's
multitiered: It's manpower. It's technology. It's equipment. And in my
budget I'm going to put the money not only to do it but sustain it over
time. Unlike my predecessors' budgets, my budgets every year will call on
the Department of Homeland Security and ICE [Immigration and Customs
Enforcement] and local law enforcement at the border to be properly
resourced so that we have continual operational control at the border."

Yes, well, that implementation remains to be proved. If not, that will be
Sell Out #1.

Second, assessing labor force needs: "I'm going to direct the Secretary
of Labor to tell us what our labor market needs are, and we're going to
adjust the visas accordingly, and we're going to put in place a process to
do that, protecting jobs for American workers but realizing that we will
have a national labor shortage moving forward. I'm going to pay specific
attention to certain areas such as H-1B visas [for skilled workers], where
there is such a demonstrated need and there's more than enough work for
everyone to go around."

Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas, Mr. Gates. Endless H-1B's are in the
pipeline, along with all the other similar special visa charades. And if
you really like socialism, we, the vaunted Federal Government that has
been mismanaging our immigration policy for so long, will now, as the USA
and the world is entering a serious economic downturn, assess labor needs
from a Washington perspective. Governed by the K Street lobbyists, that
assessment will no doubt conclude that more cheap labor is better,
regardless of economic conditions or the continuing elimination of good
jobs for American citizens.

How many fully qualified US engineers are now out of work? Even in the
falsely hyped-up economy of 2006 there were over 300,000 unemployed US
engineers. The IEEE-USA reports over 100,000 high tech professionals are
out of work with over half being computer software engineers.

Clearly, this is already Sell Out #2, if the Governor gets her way!

Third, how does the incoming Homeland Secretary define amnesty? This is
biggest, most dangerous Napolitano position to note. How does she regard
the future for the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens now in the US??

As she told the National Journal, "The third thing is, we're going to deal
with the 12 million in this country. We're not going to have a permanent
underclass. They're going to have to pay a fine, get in line, and pay
their taxes. And I don't call that amnesty."

Ah, this is prospective Sell Out #3!!!!! Governor, most Americans simply
don't buy your glib definition of NO amnesty. Your attitude is apparently
"to hell with the American Middle Class and the thousands of blue collar
people who will be on the street as the US auto industry goes belly up."

As a Democrat who voted for Mr. Obama, I can only pray that your views
expressed in this interview will not be acted upon when America's economic
crisis unfolds.

We have heard mutterings from a number of Democrats about
immigration€”which make this Democrat's skin crawl.

My counsel to my party's incoming President and his entire Administration:
you will surely need the good will of all Americans, including Republicans
and Independents, to accomplish the many much more urgent
priorities€”such as energy solutions, infrastructure upgrades, a sharp
war tamp down, and environmental initiatives.

Mr. Obama, with a trillion plus dollar budgetary deficit facing you, you
will have little budgetary latitude for dealing with any of these pressing
issues. To get immersed in a vicious, no-win battle over amnesty could well
undermine anything else you wish to accomplish.

Let the market decide on manpower needs, not K Street! Unemployment will
rise and many illegal aliens will decide to depart. Deportations will be
largely unnecessary, except in criminal cases.

Don't go where Governor Napolitano suggests!"


http://www.vdare.com/collins/081130_obama.htm

Donald A. Collins [email him], is a freelance writer living in Washington
DC and a board member of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration
Reform. His views are his own.

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