H1B Reporters
Lou Dobbs was interviewing Congresssissy Adam Smith (from M$ district in WA) and brought up the H1B issue. When Smith launched into the usual drivel about H1B, Dobbs got visibly pissed off - a stretch for him as an almost unnaturally calm person - and pointed out that CNN had H1B reporters running around! Smith basically mouthed the same drivel I've heard from Gephardt in responses to 2 letters spaced over 2 years.
Comment from the other side:
[link|http://indianewsweek.com/0307021/article14.htm|http://indianewsweek...021/article14.htm]
[link|http://sulekha.com/petitions/petition.asp?cid=34|http://sulekha.com/p...tition.asp?cid=34]
This is blatantly untrue. H1-B and L1 Visas have powered the stupendous growth in the American high-tech sector in particular. The H1-B Visa provided skilled professionals that powered the Information Revolution led by America.
American economy was slumping in the late-80's and early 90's due to the Japanese Manufacturing prowess.
The Information Revolution that powered America's growth and its leadership status was enabled to a large extent by H1-B professionals -- irrespective of whether they had a part in the Silicon Valley startups or established organizations like Microsoft and NASA.
America should not abolish the H1-B Visa law that helped mitigate crucial skill shortages. Even today, India graduates several times more Computer Science professionals than America. Several of them work far harder than their American colleagues -- given the fact that they are immigrants in an alien country wanting to prove themselves.
Yeah right. How many Indian flags are planted on the Moon?
