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H-1B Visa Plan Hits a Wall

Michael Cooney writes on NetworkWorld:

Despite all the hullabaloo early this year, it appears that the move to increase the number of H-1B visas is dead in the water -- for now anyway.

Congress will recess tomorrow so its members can go home and campaign to their constituents -- in some cases, to try to get reelected -- without having addressed the issue.

The inaction on this topic is a far cry from the frenzy of activity that took place around the H-1B issue earlier this year. In June the Senate approved a motion that would increase the number of H-1B visa workers allowed in the United States at any one time from 65,000 to 115,000 and would let that number grow higher if the threshold was met.

posted by Fergie @ 9/28/2006 03:43:00 PM