For children of Filipino teachers, an uncertain future

[sigmalady]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bre...9.story?page=1

Only 46 of 154 Filipino teachers whose work visas are expiring this year will be sponsored for renewals by the system, school officials announced last month. More may lose their visas over the next five years as the system uses an annual review of the job market to determine whether to retain roughly 600 international teachers, the vast majority Filipino, who were recruited by the school system every year between 2005 and 2009.

I'm sorry that the children will not be able to complete their studies in the US. But I believe that we should not be hiring international teachers when we have teachers here that are able to do the job.

[regularguy]

I'm sorry that the children will not be able to complete their studies in the US. But I believe that we should not be hiring international teachers when we have teachers here that are able to do the job.

Exactly. Visas for foreign workers should only be used to fill jobs in which there are shortages of available American workers.

As for the kids... kids change schools all the time when parents move because of their job situation (whether taking a new job or moving elsewhere to find one).

[crabsnbeer]

I fail to see any issue of concern.

Thanks for your service. It is nice that they got a few years living here and earning the money that they did. Have a nice life.

[bmore_ken]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bre...9.story?page=1



I'm sorry that the children will not be able to complete their studies in the US. But I believe that we should not be hiring international teachers when we have teachers here that are able to do the job.

I agree 100%. I've worked with some of them and they're very good at what they do, but they all knew it was temporary when they were hired. It's a shame the system didn't have a plan in place for what happens next. I couldn't think of better candidates for citizenship

[mikep]

I agree 100%. I've worked with some of them and they're very good at what they do, but they all knew it was temporary when they were hired. It's a shame the system didn't have a plan in place for what happens next. I couldn't think of better candidates for citizenship

Agreed. They could always apply for citizenship. In fact they could have done that when they first recieved thier visa's. Not sure why they waited until they expire to do something.

[regularguy]

Agreed. They could always apply for citizenship. In fact they could have done that when they first recieved thier visa's. Not sure why they waited until they expire to do something.

Some of them probably always intended to return to the Philippines. It's certainly not unheard of for foreigners to come to America to make some money and return home with a nice nest-egg. It happened with European immigrants a century ago when European immigration was pretty much wide-open, and it happened with Mexican workers - both legal and undocumented - until fairly recently (e.g. the seasonal crab-pickers on the Eastern Shore).

[Fang]

Why are we even having this discussion. Isn't Maryland a santuary state? The problem with the Filipino teachers is they are following the rules.

[bmore_ken]

Why are we even having this discussion. Isn't Maryland a santuary state? The problem with the Filipino teachers is they are following the rules.

Do you ever add any intelligent thought to a thread?

[regularguy]

Isn't Maryland a santuary state?

Not that I'm aware of.

[Downunder]

Agreed. They could always apply for citizenship. In fact they could have done that when they first recieved thier visa's. Not sure why they waited until they expire to do something.

You have to have your greencard for 5 years before applying for citizenship. These people will have only had a Hb1 visa, which is a "working visa".

A friend of mine was here on a Hb1, and her company worked on getting her greencard. It took 10 years, she just it last year!

[bmore_ken]

You have to have your greencard for 5 years before applying for citizenship. These people will have only had a Hb1 visa, which is a "working visa".

A friend of mine was here on a Hb1, and her company worked on getting her greencard. It took 10 years, she just it last year!

A lot of people don't realize how screwed up and convoluted our system of legal immigration really is

[Downunder]

A lot of people don't realize how screwed up and convoluted our system of legal immigration really is

It really is an awful department to have to deal with, the length of time to get any thing done is unbelievable.

[MontanaJack]

Well the thing is most people in this country don't want to teach subjects like math and physics. You can make twice as much working in industry (as an engineer, programmer, or what not) so why bother teaching. So we have to basically import Asians to teach these subjects.