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Marcus Henry: H-1B program about cheap labor

Regarding the April 1 Point of View “Schools, industries need high-skilled immigrants”: I welcome anyone who wants to live in the United States but the H-1B visa program is about cheap labor, not skills.

I’ve worked with many hundreds of H-1B visa holders so poorly trained, I had to teach basic computer programming. Hard-working and interesting people to know but not high-skilled.

Marcus Henry

Reidsville

This story was originally published April 6, 2017 at 8:53 PM with the headline "Marcus Henry: H-1B program about cheap labor."

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