IP: ... have you thought of the H-1B visa issue as simply a numbers game? Mercury Center First Edition Mon Nov 20 06:30:18 EST 2000

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>... have you thought of the H-1B visa issue as simply a numbers game?
>
>When Congress last month nearly doubled the number of H-1B visas for 
>temporary foreign workers for the next three years, Silicon Valley's 
>high-tech companies cheered. But the lawmakers' quick fix did nothing to 
>tackle the fraud and abuse that plague the program and little to prevent 
>backlogs that leave workers and companies in limbo. 
><http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/visa/visa1.htm>Part 1 
>of a Mercury News special report looks at how this vital tech visa exposes 
>both workers and the system to abuse. 
><http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/visa/docs/visa3.htm>Part 
 > 2 focuses on India, where the appetite for U.S. jobs fuels a predatory 
>culture of fraud and forgery.


http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/visa/visa1.htm  part 1
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/visa/docs/visa3.htm part 2




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