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The Broken Work Visa System
The American work visa system was found by BusinessWeek to be hurting American workers and undermining the strength of the American economy. The investigation contributed to a Congressional probe in the visa program, led by Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley, who are determined to pass legislation to overhaul the program and eliminate its widespread misuse.
Tags: H-1B; skilled worker; specialization; Rochester Institute of Technology; temporary visa; immigration; outsourcing;
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Boon or Bonndoggle? Visa Programs hurt U.S. Workers, foster abuse
The Star investigates America's two largest worker visa programs, both designed to bring skilled workers to the US, and reports on a system riddled with fraud and abuse. McGraw also examines the issue of top US jobs--particularly in the hard sciences--going to foreign workers.
Tags: Immigrants; Labor; Visas; INS; H-1B program; Permanent Alien Certification program; Labor Department; foreign-born professionals; Mastech; foreign students; engineering; physical sciences