Washington: Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate frontrunner Donald Trump has proposed to raise the minimum wage for H-1B visas, in a move to discourage US companies from hiring technology professionals from overseas, including India.
Mr Trump argued that raising the minimum wage would force companies to give IT jobs to unemployed Americans, not to cheaper workers from overseas.
Releasing his much awaited immigration policy, the New York based real estate tycoon lashed out at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who has introduced a bill to triple the H-1B visas.
Mr Rubio is also one of the Republican presidential candidates.
"Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs," said a position paper on immigration reform released by the Trump Campaign, which strongly opposed Mr Zuckerberg's support for increasing the number of H-1B visas.
At present, the H-1B visa cap is mandated at 65,000 per annum.
"We graduate two times more Americans with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program," Mr Trump's position paper said.
More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than 80 per cent for its bottom two, the Trump Campaign said.
"Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the US, instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas," it said.
"This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program," the Trump Campaign said.
Washington: Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate frontrunner Donald Trump has proposed to raise the minimum wage for H-1B visas, in a move to discourage US companies from hiring technology professionals from overseas, including India.
Mr Trump argued that raising the minimum wage would force companies to give IT jobs to unemployed Americans, not to cheaper workers from overseas.
Releasing his much awaited immigration policy, the New York based real estate tycoon lashed out at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who has introduced a bill to triple the H-1B visas.
Mr Rubio is also one of the Republican presidential candidates.
"Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs," said a position paper on immigration reform released by the Trump Campaign, which strongly opposed Mr Zuckerberg's support for increasing the number of H-1B visas.
At present, the H-1B visa cap is mandated at 65,000 per annum.
"We graduate two times more Americans with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program," Mr Trump's position paper said.
More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than 80 per cent for its bottom two, the Trump Campaign said.
"Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the US, instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas," it said.
"This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program," the Trump Campaign said.
Washington: Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate frontrunner Donald Trump has proposed to raise the minimum wage for H-1B visas, in a move to discourage US companies from hiring technology professionals from overseas, including India.
Mr Trump argued that raising the minimum wage would force companies to give IT jobs to unemployed Americans, not to cheaper workers from overseas.
Releasing his much awaited immigration policy, the New York based real estate tycoon lashed out at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who has introduced a bill to triple the H-1B visas.
Mr Rubio is also one of the Republican presidential candidates.
"Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs," said a position paper on immigration reform released by the Trump Campaign, which strongly opposed Mr Zuckerberg's support for increasing the number of H-1B visas.
At present, the H-1B visa cap is mandated at 65,000 per annum.
"We graduate two times more Americans with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program," Mr Trump's position paper said.
More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than 80 per cent for its bottom two, the Trump Campaign said.
"Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the US, instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas," it said.
"This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program," the Trump Campaign said.
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