http://www.newscloud.com/section/visas Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:28:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/NPR_Bill_Gates_Targets_Visa_Rules_for_Tech_Workers The Programmers Guild, a professional society, also criticizes Gates for facilitating the erosion of U.S. competitiveness by using the H1-B program to "train a critical mass of foreign workers within the U.S." and then using "these workers to establish overseas operations."

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_Revamp_visa_system_Gates_urges_Congress_Seattle_Times_Newspaper Lawmakers have introduced bills to expand the program. But pro-immigration legislation is making little headway in this election year, and the H-1B program has been criticized by some for taking away U.S. jobs, lowering wages or being abused by foreign companies in the United States to bring in foreign workers.

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