Better Than That

摘要

On January 26, more than 71,400 jobs were lost as massive cuts were announced by manufacturing and service companies. It was on Bloody Monday that Computerworld's Patrick Thibodeau reported that an undisclosed number of H-1B visa holders would be among those Microsoft workers who were losing their jobs. Microsoft would only say that the number of foreign workers affected was "significant." No doubt some companies abuse the H-1B program, and no doubt the government has failed to take adequate measures to prevent those abuses. But what's most troubling is the garish sideshow performed by those whose hateful nationalism targets the H-1B program. Foreign workers aren't the enemy, nor are those who hire them. The enemy is the sense of hopelessness that triggers misplaced blame in difficult times.