How hard can it be to answer this and why does homeland security not know already?
Gender Bias Seen in Visas for Skilled Workers
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to hear testimony Monday afternoon arguing that the H-1B visa program, which covers highly skilled temporary foreign workers, often in high-tech fields, discriminates against women.
Karen Panetta, the vice president for communications and public awareness for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in the United States of America, will testify that “the vast majority of H-1B workers are men,” according to her prepared remarks.
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Ms. Panetta, whose organization has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Homeland Security to get data on the gender breakdown of H-1B visas, will also accuse the government of agency of “stonewalling” on their request.
“It’s a simple question: how many women get H-1B visas?” she will say, according to the prepared remarks. “When you think about it — why doesn’t D.H.S. already know exactly how many women get H-1B visas?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/us/politics/gender-bias-seen-in-visas-for-skilled-workers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
Seriously? The government tracks all kinds of shit and can't answer a simple question about who they are allowing to come here?? Why does it take FOIA act? It should be broken down by country/skill/etc and so on already and easily available already.
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