Microsoft & Intel Get a Pass On Higher H-1B Fees

theodp writes "Criticizing companies that outsource high-paying American jobs, Senator Charles Schumer described Indian IT company Infosys as a 'chop shop'. (Nine Indian companies accounted for 20,000 H-1B visas as of 2007. In 2008, Infosys held 4,500 of the visas; the number was down by a factor of 10 in 2009.) The comments came as the Senate scrambled to fund the $600M Mexican Border Security Bill by hiking application fees for H-1B and L-1 visas. The Senate measure increases H-1B visa fees by $2,000 per application on firms that have 50% or more of their employees on this visa. Schumer pointed out that the bill would not affect high-tech companies such as Intel or Microsoft 'that play by the rules and recruit workers in America,' although they are among the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B program."

Comments

Legalize it.

[AlexLibman]

(1) Open all borders. End all taxation. Auction off all government property and put all politicians / government bureaucrats in work prisons, with the profits going to their victims in the form of tax rebates. Ostracize anyone who ever thought government was a good idea, for any purpose whatsoever.

(2) Install FreeBSD.