High-tech's leading advocate in the immigration bill fight, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has bought himself some time, perhaps until Tuesday, to try get the immigration bill changed to the liking of the tech industry. Negotiations are ...
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WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the idea on Tuesday of requiring all H-1B employers to make a "good faith" effort in hiring U.S. workers before taking on an H-1b worker. The good faith amendment to the comprehensive ...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday began debate on more than 300 amendments to the comprehensive immigration bill, including a number of changes to sections on H-1B visas. The debate put focus on sharp divisions that appear to pit ...
Within the U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill is a proposal to create a database that may shed new light on H-1B hiring. The intent of the database is to help improve the odds that a U.S. worker may get hired over a foreign ...
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Two U.S. senators will push Congress or President Barack Obama's administration to pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other countries that allegedly support cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies and businesses, the ...
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Against a backdrop of cornfields and farmhouses, this message appears on the home page of IT support services provider Caleris: "Outsource to Iowa. Not India." The point couldn't be clearer. The company is competing from rural Iowa ...
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Many tech companies have called for Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions. Yet, many veteran IT tech workers say they can't find jobs. More than a ...
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Many U.S. tech companies are pushing hard this year for an increase in the number of high-skill immigrants allowed into the country, but many veteran IT workers question their motives for wanting to increase the number of visas under the ...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 10 websites that illegally sold trademarked cycling apparel and equipment globally. The initiative, which began in 2010, was in ...
A report in The Sun this morning, which the paper is claiming as an exclusive, claimed that the Prime Minister has been persuaded by the argument that so-called plain packaging legislation would damage the packaging industry. Cameron is ...
IT support services firm Caleris has this message on its homepage, "Outsource to Iowa. Not India," against a picture of a corn field and farm houses. Caleris' message could not be clearer. The company is competing from rural Iowa, with ...
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The long-awaited U.S. Senate comprehensive immigration bill, which could be released on Tuesday, will likely contain provisions onerous to offshore outsourcing firms that are dependent on H-1B visas. The bill may be seen by India as an ...
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Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has gathered technology luminaries to start an advocacy group focused on immigration and education. In an op-ed piece he wrote for The Washington Post, Zuckerberg announced the formation of ...
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a new political action group he is spearheading to press for reforms in areas including immigration and education. "To lead the world in this new economy, we need the most talented and ...
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THE Immigration Department has started investigating union concerns that Syntheo may have misused the 457 skilled temporary migration visa scheme in the process of fulfilling its contract with NBN Co. The Communications Electrical and ...
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