10 June 2003

Where did the Jobs Go?

It's dated, but still, this four part special TV local news report by WKMG CBS Channel 6 in Orlando, Florida gives an account of an underreported trend that is playing out in many Information Technology departments across the United States.

Local 6 News reported that two types of visas, the H1-B and L-1 visa programs, allow foreigners to come to the United States for employment and work in specialized fields like computer programming and software engineering.

H1-B visas allow U.S. companies, including federal contractors, to hire skilled foreign workers on a temporary basis to supply workers where they cannot find qualified Americans.

However, the technology workers, who are mostly from India, are not filling empty jobs but actually replacing qualified Americans, according to the report.



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