Other than that, it's just swell.

I'm asking because I simply don't know enough about the bill (or the technology industry) to fully understand your comment.  How will this legislation "destroy the technology profession as we know it?"  Thanks.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 :
http://thomas.loc.go...

Click on the section pertaining to H-1b visas.  It is the SKIL bill - George Allen helped draft that.  That bill expands the H-1b program.  It doesn't address a single workplace protection that I have been singing about for so long.

In short, it is going to really harm our profession.  Remember the Durbin/Grassley bill that addresses the H-1b and L1 visa's abuses?  That legislation did not make it into this text.

The top sponsors of H-1b visas are Indian outsourcing firms.  Just so you know we aren't making this stuff up, you can see how many were issued to each company here: http://www.eetimes.c...

IBM is currently involved in a program called LEAN - in short to significantly reduce US staff and increase staff in India.  They also make the list.  Is it fair that companies slashing American jobs are also using large numbers of foreign labor?  The IBM story is here: http://www.pbs.org/c...

Immigration should not be a political favor for corporations.  The Chamber of Commerce must be delighted.

California companies are trying to sneak throught a major expansion in guest worker visas.  They fine print of the bill, buried late in the document doubles the amount of visas and provides for 20% annual growth.  The already soft caps could allow 3 million guest workers to replace American and green card workers.  The math :

"guests" year
115000 : 2007
138000 : 2008
165600 : 2009
198720 : 2010
238464 : 2011
286156 : 2012
343388 : 2013
412065 : 2014
494478 : 2015
593374 : 2016
2985248 : TOTAL

Unless the H-1B section is deleted, there's no reason for American workers to support this bill.  This whole section is just a subsidy to Bill Gates.

I wish the economy grew 20% a year or my savings account grew 20% a year.

This "immigration reform" bill has too much baggage.
They need to go back and clean it up.

I hate saying this but sometimes compromise is a bad thing.  This bill tries to do too many things to satisfy different factions and ends up not being very good at all. 

I think this issue is complex enough that we need some studies outside of congress and the political process (much like the Iraq study group)

My ultimate fear is that in 2027 we will be discussing this issue all over again

I would note that Michael Chertoff, when asked how long it would take to implement all of these enormous and expensive reforms, conveniently said that it could all be done in 18 months.  Isn't that about the time that Bush leaves office and won't be responsible for not meeting the deadline?  Ummmm. 

This bill of some 700 pages is like a throw back to the old Great Society legislation or even the early Welfare state doctrines of the past...did we not learn anyhting. Trying to solve a problem with this type of umbrella bill is absurd. Look deep into who is behind this bill, one by which never went through committees or hearings such is the norm in the Senate, but was a measure drawn up by politcians and yes get this...illegal immigrant activists groups and lobby groups were involved in constructing the language of the bill...unbelievable!! They have just recommended making what they say is a 12 million person problem and turned it into a 50 million one.How? Once amnesty is granted to an illegal immigrant, he/she may bring their family into the country as well...while American families on avergae have just under 2 children, Mexican on average have around 4...ie twice the size of our current average. What will be doing about cost of living, living wages with the "Flight" to America from the south, rise in health costs and above all the right those with amnesty have to benefits under social security. What a mess.
HERES A THOUGHT: How about follow through on the last measure to construct the wall (ie only two miles done), fix the Border patrol exodus problem as they seek employment elsewhere due to a Government that does not support them and above all fix the whole process of "legal" immigration and visas first before throwing attempting this amnesty nightmare. Go to the Library of Congress and read this bill..it is absolutely amazing and to think this is the Presidents plan..if this passes the fallout will be the gradual loss of the South by the Republicans as Democrats will be able to say "Hey, President Bush signed that bill" regardless of who (ie Kennedy) drafted the thing.