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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 ...

An outbreak of swine flu in Mexico is causing health officials concern. Public places in Mexico have been closed to prevent spread of the contagious illness. The virus may have mutated to a strain for which the public has little immunity. Several dozen ...

The H1B, L-1 visa legislation, which has been introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin in the US Senate, if passed, will prevent Indian IT companies from hiring H-1B and L-1 workers if more than 50 per cent of their employees hold these ...

Washington: Setting tough conditions for the U.S. firms hiring overseas professionals, a bill has been introduced in the Senate on reforming the H-1B and L1 visa programmes, under which local qualified workers are needed to be given a chance first. The ...

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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 ...

The H1B, L-visa legistation which has been introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin in the US Senate, if passed, will prevent Indian IT companies from hiring additional H-1B and L-1 guest-workers if more than 50 per cent of their employees ...

PORTLAND, Maine --Five African immigrants who were fired from their jobs at one of the nation's largest pharmacy services corporations have sued their former employer, alleging discrimination and harassment. The men, who were hired in 2007 as pharmacy ...

hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: India on Friday expressed concern over the introduction of a bill on H-1B visa programme in the US Senate saying the move is contrary to President Barack Obama's stand on protectionism at the London G-20 Summit. 'This is ...

New Delhi: The H1B, L-visa legistation which has been introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin in the US Senate, if passed, will prevent Indian IT companies from hiring additional H-1B and L-1 guest-workers if more than 50 per cent of their ...

NEW DELHI: Describing the bill introduced in the US senate on H-1B and L1 visa as measures that 'will not help' India Inc have urged the senate to restrain from passing the legislation. A Bill has been introduced in the US Senate on reforming the H-1B ...

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

By Keith A. Pabian, Esq. Hope came to many within the immigrant community on April 9, 2009 when the New York Times published an article on their front page proclaiming that President Obama has promised to support a plan to reform the U.S. immigration ...

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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 war on drugs, according to Obama ...

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 war on drugs, according to Obama ...

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: India's 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 ...