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bart95

(488 posts) Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:08 PM Mar 2012

Indian, U.S. firms urge Obama action on visas

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225521/Indian_U.S._firms_urge_Obama_action_on_visas?taxonomyId=72#disqus_thread

Computerworld - WASHINGTON - Some of the largest IT companies in India and the U.S. are complaining to President Obama that it has become increasingly difficult to get work visas for their employees -- and they want him to take action.

Although the L-1 visa is different from the H-1B visa, they are part of the same debate concerning the displacement of U.S. workers by foreign labor. Critics contend that offshore companies, in particular, use the L-1 for the same reason they use the H-1B visa: to help move work overseas.