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NEW DELHI Commenting on the H-1 B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, introduced by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley, Mr. Som Mittal, President of NASSCOM, a leading India NASSCOM contends that the Durbin-Grassley H-1B bill as written ...

So gargantuan is America?s post-1965 immigration disaster that there is now an immigration dimension to every public issue. Nowhere is this more so than in employment?and nowhere is the phenomenon more pressing, given that unemployment has now ...

Will Push Legislation to Complete Border Fence (WASHINGTON, D.C.) ? U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) announced that he will introduce legislation to complete the border fence with Mexico. His announcement comes on the heels of a recent trip he made ...

APR 26 : As the recession in the West deepens, protectionism is on the rise. A bill has been introduced in the US Senate which, if it becomes law, would place severe restrictions on American employers engaging the services of foreign workers on H-1B ...

Source: Indian Express Finance The $40-billion Indian IT export industry, which depends on the US market for more than half its revenues, received a jolt in a recession-hit market after legislation curbing H-1B and L-1 visas was introduced in the US ...

WASHINGTON (AFP)--The United States is drawing up contingency plans to send troops to the U.S.-Mexican border to bolster the U.S. military's role in the raging drug war, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The efforts were part of a $350 million ...

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US Defence officials said the Obama administration is considering sending more National Guard troops to keep order along the US-Mexican border as drug-fuelled violence increases in northern Mexico. Governors of Arizona and Texas have asked for more than ...

WASHINGTON'Canada. Conduit. Terror. Three words no Canadian likes to hear in the same sentence. Three words that just keep spilling out of Americans, as they did this week from Janet Napolitano, the Obama administration's homeland security secretary. ...

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON- Indias software industry has opposed a US bill that seeks to make it mandatory for American companies to fill vacancies with locals before turning to skilled foreign workers. The stated objective of the bill is to prevent fraud ...

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday and stated she saw no sign the country was sliding back into sectarian warfare despite recent attacks. According to Reuters, Clinton landed in a military transport ...

WASHINGTON- A legislation has been introduced in the US Senate on reforming the H-1B and L1 visa programmes, popular among Indians, under which the American firms looking for skilled foreign professionals are required to make a good faith attempt to ...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the US-Mexican border under a $350 million initiative that would expand the US military's role in the war on drugs, according to ...

Software industry body Nasscom on Friday, hit out at the US H-1B visa legislation, introduced in the Senate on Thursday that its provisions are targeting Indian firms and restricting their ability to compete in the US market. Nasscom said though the ...

The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 million initiative that would expand the U.S. military's role in the drug war, according to Obama ...

O.C. Weekly's Gustavo Arellano refutes stereotypes in his nationally syndicated column, ' iAsk A Mexican!' But the one about the tireless newsman persists. In between his columns, investigative reports and food reviews, Arellano contributes to the L.A. ...

Two U.S. senators are reintroducing legislation aimed at revamping the H-1B visa program for guest workers in the U.S., at a time of rising unemployment and growing evidence that the program has been marred by fraud. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and ...

Hyderabad: The US Senate has introduced a draft legislation that seeks to add new curbs on H-1B and L-1 visas and prevent foreigners from replacing qualified US employees. If this passes into law, India?s large outsourcing industry is likely to be ...

WASHINGTON: Two US senators have introduced a bill to make it tougher for American firms to employ foreign professionals under its H-1B and L1 visa programmes utilised the most by Indians and the Chinese. The bill introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley ...