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In what could be seen as a setback to Indian IT professionals, the US Senate has voted for imposing strict conditions on hiring of people with H-1B visas by American companies receiving federal bailout money. The amendment to the pending stimulus bill, ...

Washington (PTI): In what could be seen as a setback to Indian IT professionals, the US Senate has voted for imposing strict conditions on hiring of people with H-1B visas by American companies receiving federal bailout money. The amendment to the ...

WASHINGTON: In what could be seen as a setback to Indian IT professionals, the US Senate has voted for imposing strict conditions on hiring of people with H-1B visas by American companies receiving federal bailout money. The amendment to the pending ...

Businesses and contractors that receive funding through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) would be prohibited from hiring H-1B visa holders under a Senate amendment introduced into the economic stimulus package on Feb. 5. The measure, sponsored by ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Two US senators Thursday proposed to bar firms receiving government bailouts from hiring foreign workers under a special visa program for highly skilled employees. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said in a statement he sponsored an ...

year after trying hard to clear a passport application deluge, the U.S. State Department is now seeing a drop off in requests. In fact, according to a LA Times report, applicants are now getting their documents in three weeks or less. And Department ...

Jim Kouri, Vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Jim writes for many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. Jim can be reached at: ...

By Robert X. Cringely So Cringester J. G. emailed me what I think is an interesting question. I'm curious about something that would certainly fire up the comments section on InfoWorld... When Microsoft lays all these employees off, do they target the ...

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WASHINGTON: Two US Senators have sought an amendment to the over $800 billion stimulus bill to prohibit businesses receiving government bailout funds from hiring holders of H-1B visas, a bulk of which are cornered by Indians. 'Hiring American workers for ...

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Bill sought to bar firms receiving bailout money from hiring foreign workers but set restrictions instead Share More Tech layoffs February 6, 2009 (Computerworld) The U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to set restrictions on the hiring of H-1B workers by ...

BERLIN: A US army deserter seeking asylum in Germany based on his moral opposition to the Iraq invasion is confident his request will be granted after a gruelling nine-hour hearing, his lawyer said on Thursday. The closed-door hearing in the western ...

Washington: An amendment seeking to bar U.S. companies, which receive federal bailout money, from hiring H-1B visa holders has been introduced in the Senate, a move likely to impact Indian IT professionals if it is approved. The amendment in the U.S. ...

, currently the highest ranking official at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent a scathing letter to CFP?s editor to rebuke an article I wrote on January 21 entitled, Crime and Corruption at the UCSIS. My article cited criminal ...

Washington (PTI): In what could be worrying for Indian software professionals, two US Senators have introduced amendments to the economic stimulus bill, which if passed would prevent US companies receiving the federal bailout money, from hiring H-1B ...

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Andres Bermudez, who made history by becoming the first migrant living in the United States to win a Mexican mayorship, has died of cancer. He was 58. Bermudez, a flamboyant lawmaker for President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party, or PAN, died ...

Editor?s Note: High demand and a lack of oversight by the Department of Homeland Security have created the conditions necessary for an underground market on the border in which corrupt U.S. customs and border agents are complicit in the flow of ...