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US opens probe against TCS, Infosys for H1-B visa violations
2015-06-12 12:24:36| Energy - Topix.net
The move by the United States Labour Department comes days after the NYT had reported that hundreds of employees at entertainment giant Walt Disney were laid off and replaced with Indians holding H1-B visas. The US government has opened an investigation against two of the biggest Indian outsourcing companies for possible violations of H1-B visa rules, according to a media report.
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Dallas area ranks No. 2 for most H-1B visa workers
2015-04-03 19:33:19| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The report ranked the Dallas area No. 2, after the New York area, for the number of H-1B visas - temporary employment visas for foreigners in specialty occupations - in 2013.
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So Cal Edison's Path to the Center of the H-1B Debate
2015-02-13 18:50:46| Energy - Topix.net
Southern California Edison was known for good pay and benefits before it began laying off IT workers and replacing them with H-1B visa holders . Today, Edison is the latest Exhibit A in Congress of a company whose IT workers are displaced through the use of the H-1B visa.
Southern California Edison IT workers 'beyond furious' over H-1B replacements
2015-02-05 18:24:49| IT Services - Topix.net
Information technology workers at Southern California Edison are being laid off and replaced by workers from India. Some employees are training their H-1B visa holding replacements, and many have already lost their jobs.
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If immigration reform is dead, so is raising the H-1B cap
2014-06-27 16:16:24| InfoWorld: Top News
In a speech Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. House, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) declared immigration reform dead. He chastised and baited Republicans in Congress for blocking reform, and declared that winning the White House without the support of a growing Hispanic population will become mathematically impossible. "The Republican Presidential nominee, whoever he or she may be, will enter the race with an electoral college deficit they cannot make up," said Gutierrez.
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