Rep. Eli Crane Says Citizens Can Get H-1B Curbs from Congress

Citizens can win curbs on the H-1B visa worker program if they swamp legislators with visits, calls, and statements, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) told Breitbart News.

“The federal government doesn’t move quickly, but it does make a difference when enough Americans start speaking up,” Crane said.

“Most of these people up here [in Congress], though they might not care what the American people think, but they care about getting reelected, and so if they get enough pressure, it does affect them,” he said, adding:

I can tell you, as somebody who’s been behind the scenes on some of the things that we fought for, I’ve seen almost fist fights break out in conference meetings because the public put so much pressure on [establishment] members of the House of Representatives over certain legislation that the base felt was selling them out.

Crane’s bill is called the “End H-1B Visa Abuse