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IT Workers Tell Congress to Limit H-1B Program

Grant Gross writes on NetworkWorld:

Two U.S. technology workers on Thursday urged Congress not to increase the cap on skilled foreign workers allowed to come into the country each year, saying more immigrants would hurt homegrown IT experts.

The H-1B visa program, used by the technology industry and other companies to import foreign labor, is "far different" than the program described by supporters as a way to fill high-skill jobs, said David Huber, a network administrator with 15 years of experience.

"The real H-1B program has more to do with providing companies with cheap labor, and little to do with making America more competitive," he told a House of Representatives subcommittee.

posted by Fergie @ 3/30/2006 06:28:00 PM