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Senators say offshore firms are biggest H-1B users

Foreign-based companies that specialize in offshoring U.S. technology jobs received 30 percent of visas last year

Nine foreign-based companies that specialize in offshoring U.S. technology jobs received about 20,000 H-1B visas last year, according to data released Monday by U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), and Chuck Grassley, (R-Iowa.).

The top user of H-1B visas is India-based Infosys Technologies, which received 4,908 visas in the 2006 fiscal year. It was followed by Wipro, which received 4,002 visas, and Tata Consultancy Services, with 3,046.

"Supporters claim the goal of the H-1B program is to help the American economy by allowing companies to hire needed foreign workers," Durbin said in a statement. "The reality is that too many H-1B visas are being used to facilitate the outsourcing of American jobs to other countries."

Read entire article on Info World

Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2007

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