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NEW DELHI: With the exception of Infosys Technologies, there was a drop of over 50 per cent in the total number of visas bagged by Indian technology firms in 2007 compared to 2006. The number of firms in the top 10 also came down to seven from nine in ...

The words came out of her young mouth as biting, harsh truths.American-born kids, the ones who are legally here, they waste it, the teenager told me. They do drugs, they drink, they don’t study. They join gangs or simply ...

As the debate over Indian outsourcing firms pocketing most H-1B visas rages, their share of the temporary worker visas has actually come down by over 8,500. Leading Indian IT companies Infosys, Wipro, TCS and Satyam received fewer H-1B approvals in 2007 ...

WASHINGTON: With outsourcing becoming an election issue, two US senators have questioned 25 top H1-B visa users, including nine Indian firms, about their recruitment process for professional workers, a majority of whom come from India. The nine Indian ...

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Robert Menard (photo) will be presented the award by Rami Khouri Arab Americans award Reporters Without Borders for 'spirit of humanity' Reporters Without Borders to receive award for institutional excellence at AAIF's 10th Annual Kahlil Gibran 'Spirit ...

As the debate over Indian outsourcing firms pocketing most H-1B visas rages, their share of the temporary worker visas has actually come down by over 8,500. Leading Indian IT companies Infosys, Wipro, TCS and Satyam received fewer H-1B approvals in 2007 ...

A former U.S. immigration inspector convicted of accepting sex from a Vancouver prostitute in exchange for letting her cross the border without question was sentenced in Seattle yesterday to 32 months in prison. A U.S. District Court judge also sentenced ...

WASHINGTON: With outsourcing becoming an election issue, two US senators have questioned 25 top H1-B visa users, including nine Indian firms, about their recruitment process for professional workers, a majority of whom come from India. The nine Indian ...

A former U.S. border guard and Vancouver-area resident convicted of exchanging sex with a Canadian prostitute for free passage into Washington state was sentenced Monday to 32 months in jail and two years of supervised release. Desmone Bastian, 31, was ...

With outsourcing becoming an election issue, two US senators have questioned 25 top H1-B visa users.Among them are nine Indian firms, about their recruitment process for professional workers, a majority of whom come from India.The nine Indian companies ...

• Video Immigration The has extended the time a foreign student can work under a program which grants a student permission to be employed in a job closely related to his or her studies.The Optional Practical Training program allows foreign ...

Washington: With outsourcing becoming an election issue, two US senators have questioned 25 top H1-B visa users, including nine Indian firms, about their recruitment process for professional workers, a majority of whom come from India.The nine Indian ...

Immigrants and their advocates testified before a union-led commission at the State House yesterday that federal agents violated illegal immigrants' constitutional rights and treated them inhumanely during recent raids, prompting swift denials from the ...

Virtualization News Desk Microsoft and Intel Classic American Firms By: Virtualization News Desk Mar. 12, 2008 02:45 PM Digg This! Eight of the top 10 companies getting H-1B visas last year were Indian outsourcers; only two Microsoft and Intel were ...

WASHINGTON: The United States has proposed a new rule prohibiting the employers from filing multiple applications for H-1B visa, widely sought by Indians, for the same employee to ensure a fair and orderly distribution of available visas. 'To ensure a ...

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OMAHA, Neb. - State officials in Nebraska were warning Monday of a scheme to sell fake driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, under the promise that the documents will let people legally drive, buy and sell cars. A Houston-based company has taken out ...

WASHINGTONMicrosoft Corp. spent $9 million in 2007 to lobby for immigration and patent reforms, tax credits and cybersecurity among numerous other matters.The software company spent $4.2 million in the second half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, ...

LA CONCORDIA, Mexico Crews recovered the bodies of five men and two women after an 18-hour search Sunday at the La Angostura dam near the border with Guatemala, where the victims were believed to be from, La Concordia police commander Daniel Sanchez ...