{"entry":{"title":"Why High-Tech Companies Want More Foreign Workers","date":"Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500","author":"AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO","description":"
Why do Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Oracle want to hire foreign high-tech workers instead of qualified U.S. workers? They won\u2019t admit it, but it is because they can\u2014and do\u2014pay them less. That\u2019s why they are pushing so hard for a series of amendments from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) that would remove provisions in the immigration bill under consideration that give qualified U.S. workers the first shot at those high-tech jobs.<\/p><\/p>","original_link":"http:\/\/www.aflcio.org\/Blog\/Political-Action-Legislation\/High-Tech-s-Sketchy-Claims-for-More-Foreign-Workers"}}