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Washington: An ongoing US federal probe into an H-1B visa fraud has led to the arrest of 11 people in seven states and the indictment of IT services firm Vision Systems Group founded by an Indian-American. Announcing the arrests in Des Moines, Iowa, ...

(Computerworld) A provision intended to require banks receiving federal bailout funds to give hiring priority to U.S. workers over foreigners with H-1B visas was left in the when U.S. House and Senate negotiators agreed on a compromise bill this week. ...

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We didn't see this coming: Federal agents have arrested 11 people in a crackdown on H-1B visa fraud. We've written about abuses in the H-1B program before, but have never, ever seen law enforcement actually pay attention to H-1B issues. Common (and ...

Posted by: Jane Sasseen on February 13 By Moira Herbst In the final version of the stimulus bill, Senate and House negotiators agreed to stricter limits on banks and other firms that take taxpayer bailouts that use the H-1B visa program. The proposal by ...

Washington, Feb. 13 (PTI): US federal authorities claimed to have unearthed a major H-1B visa racket with the arrest of at least 11 persons, most of them suspected to be of Indian origin. Although the officials did not reveal the citizenship of those ...

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Washington: US federal authorities have claimed to have unearthed a major H-1B visa racket with the arrest of at least 11 persons, most of them suspected to be of Indian origin. Though the officials did not reveal the citizenship of those arrested, the ...

Washington, Feb.13 : The new director of national intelligence in the United States, Dennis C. Blair has reiterated that no significant improvement in Afghanistan is possible unless Pakistan regains control of its own border areas. According to the New ...

Federal agents on Thursday said they arrested 11 people in several states in a crackdown on H-1B visa fraud and unsealed documents that detail how the visa process was used to undercut the salaries of U.S. workers. Federal authorities allege that in some ...

WASHINGTON: US federal authorities have claimed to have unearthed a major H-1B visa racket with the arrest of at least 11 persons, most of them suspected to be of Indian origin. Though the officials did not reveal the citizenship of those arrested, the ...

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ANGEL ISLAND STATE PARK, Calif. - The Angel Island Immigration Station, once known as the 'Ellis Island of the West,' is reopening after a multimillion-dollar restoration of the historical landmark aimed at showing visitors a chapter of American history ...

Tags: Startups, Wall Street, Big Tech, Politics A victory for those opposed to the H-1B program. The Grassley-Sanders Amendment to the $789 stimulus bill, which aims to make it significantly harder for any company taking TARP money to hire H-1B immigrant ...

US federal authorities have claimed to have unearthed a major H-1B visa racket with the arrest of at least 11 persons, most of them suspected to be of Indian origin. Though the officials did not reveal the citizenship of those arrested, the names ...

Federal agents on Thursday said they arrested 11 people in several states in a crackdown on H-1B visa fraud and unsealed documents that detail how the visa process was used to undercut the salaries of U.S. workers. Federal authorities allege that in some ...

Janice Jacobs, assistant secretary at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, said the US was interested in increasing the number of foreign students, including Vietnamese, studying in the US. Currently, the US is hosting around 15,000 Vietnamese students and ...

U.S. announces arrests in several states alleging visa fraud Share Top Stories February 13, 2009 (Computerworld) Federal agents on Thursday said they arrested 11 people in several states in a crackdown on H-1B visa fraud and unsealed documents that ...