GATT mandates H-1B and L-1

Date: Sunday, January 12, 2003 3:38 PM

H-1B and JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER

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H-1B and L-1 visas are defined by the WTO GATT agreement. That presents a
real problem for those of us who want to abolish the visa because the WTO
policy mandates that the United States allow 65,000 H-1Bs into the U.S. -
regardless of the economic conditions. Any attempt to abolish the visa could
in theory be challenged in the World Court.

These visas are a globalist plan to import cheap labor into the US and I
wouldn't doubt there are similar agreements for other countries. Globalists
want to reduce labor costs and worker importation is an effective method to
manipulate the supply side of the equation.

I don't know how the globalists got these visas inserted into GATT and who
helped to do it. If anybody on this newsletter has further information on
how this happened, please contact me with the information.

Finding the GATT agreement on H-1B isn't easy but you can see it by
following these steps:

1) Go to http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_search.asp

2) Enter "labour condition" (make sure to use the British spelling) into the
search engine. Use the text search box.

3) You will get a list of documents. The one relevant is GATS/SC/90, "The
United States of America - Schedule of Specific
Commitments."

4) Download the document by checking "E" for English and search for "labour
condition". Go a few paragraphs above the text and you will find the
following:

* Here is the key paragraph that sets up the L-1 visa:
Intra-corporate Transferees - managers, executives and specialists, as
defined below, who are employees of firms that provide services within the
United States through a branch, subsidiary, or affiliate established in the
United States and who have been in the prior employ of their firm outside
the United States for a period of not less than one year immediately
preceding the date of their application for admission and who are one of the
following......

* And here is is, H-1B as mandated by the WTO:
Fashion Models and Specialty Occupations - Up to 65,000 persons annually on
a worldwide basis in occupations as set out in 8 USC. § 1101 (a) (15) (H)
(i) (b), consisting of (i) fashion models who are of distinguished merit and
ability; and (ii) persons engaged in a specialty occupation, requiring (a)
theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized
knowledge; and (b) attainment of a bachelor's or higher degree in the
specialty (or its equivalent) as a minimum for entry into the occupation in
the United States. Persons seeking admission under (ii) above shall possess
the following qualifications: (a) full licensure in a US state to practice
in the occupation, if such licensure is required to practice in the
occupation in that state; and (b) completion of the required degree, or
experience in the specialty equivalent to the completion of the required
degree and recognition of expertise in the specialty through progressively
responsible positions relating to the specialty. Entry for persons named in
this section is limited to three years.

* The US government hasn't complied with this part of the agreement so
perhaps American citizens should file a lawsuit in the World Court against
their own government:

Specialty occupation aliens and their employers must be in compliance with
all labour condition application requirements that are attested to by the
established employer. These requirements are: a) wages paid to the person
are the greater of: 1) the actual wage paid by the employer to individuals
in that place of employment with similar qualifications and experience, or
2) the prevailing wage for that occupational classification in the area of
employment; b) conditions of work are such that they will not adversely
affect working conditions for those similarly employed; c) there is no
strike or lockout in the course of a labour/management dispute in progress
at the place of employment affecting the subject occupation;
labour/management dispute in progress at the place of employment;

d) the employer has not laid off or otherwise displaced workers in the
subject occupation in the previous six months and will not lay off or
displace any US worker during the 90?day period following the filing of an
application or the 90?day periods preceding and following the filing of any
visa petition supported by the application; e) the employer has taken and is
taking timely and significant steps to recruit and retain sufficient US
workers in the specialty occupation; and f) notice is given at the time of
application by the employer to employees or their representatives at the
place of employment.

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