Peter Duniho wrote on 1/29/2005 20:30:
"Joe Feise" wrote in message
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And that isn't the case. The prevailing wage is determined by metropolitan
area.


So what? That still does not preclude the fact that her salary was compared
to other jobs for employers with vastly different needs and resources. The
employers I mentioned were simply examples of the type of work, not
necessarily THE employers used for the comparison (though, since you don't
know what metropolitan area in which she was employed, you cannot say "this
isn't the case" even so).


Why should technical editing pay at a non-profit be compared to pay at
companies that are in a decidedly different business? Under this
interpretation of the rules, no non-profit organization can ever hire a
permanent resident applicant.

By the same logic, the non-profit organization wouldn't be able to hire
Americans, either, since they all would go to the companies who pay the
big bucks...


Huh? You apparently don't understand what I'm talking about. The point is
that there are employees who WANT to work for the company, albeit at the
reduced pay they offer. Only an American citizen has the option of doing so
on a career basis.

The goal of the immigration law is to ensure that no American loses a
job because of an immigrant. It doesn't matter if an immigrant wants to
work for a company. The company has to try and find a qualified American
or Permanent Resident first, and only if they don't find one, then they
can try and sponsor an immigrant. If they don't find one because they
don't pay as much as others, that's not an excuse to sponsor an immigrant.
Immigration Law 101.
If you don't like it, lobby Congress to change it. CIS has to apply the law.

-Joe

In any case, this is getting quite off-topic here, so I set the followup
to alt.visa.us.


"Getting"? This was off-topic from the get-go. If you don't want to see
any more discussion, just junk the thread.

I have no problem with discussing this. In fact, I post quite regularly
on alt.visa.us. There are a number of people there who know a lot more
about immigration than I do. That's why I prefer to have the thread there.
So, again, setting the followup to alt.visa.us.

-Joe