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InternetNews June 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Poof! H1-B Visas Gone Four months before the 2007 U.S. fiscal years even begins, visas for highly skilled tech workers are already consigned.
InternetNews May 25, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Votes to Hike H1-B Visa Fees Amendment to immigration bill draws sharp opposition from tech coalition.
InternetNews November 29, 2004 Roy Mark	H-1B Visa Expansion Draws Praise High tech interests scored a late victory in Congress when the lame duck legislature increased the 2005 H-1B visa ceiling by 20,000 foreign workers. The visas are limited to workers with graduate degrees from U.S. universities.
Global Services November 29, 2007	The Future of Temporary Immigration The debate on skilled immigrants will peak as 2008 U.S. Presidential elections approach, and then ebb. Even if current regulations don't get stricter through amendments, their enforcement certainly will.
Job Journal October 29, 2006 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Few Happy with High-Tech Visas US companies complain of long delays to import needed skills.
InternetNews March 7, 2007 Roy Mark	Gates: Swing Open The Talent Door Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told a Senate panel today U.S. immigration policies are slamming the door in the faces of the best and brightest talent at a time when America needs them the most.
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Game Over: Next Year's H1-B Visas Already Gone Early run on visa pool prompts tech calls for increased allocations.
InternetNews April 1, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft: H-1B Workers Needed Despite Layoffs The software titan's top lawyer lobbies online to expand the number of visas for foreign workers.
InternetNews November 20, 2009	Tech's H-1B Hiring Faces 'Employ America Act' Bipartisan legislation is designed to limit foreign labor via temporary guest worker programs.
Entrepreneur October 2005 Joshua Kurlantzick	In or Out? The immigration issue is as hot as ever, but it's no longer just a partisan debate.
Inc. December 2005 Stephanie Clifford	Cracks in the Melting Pot Visa restrictions are keeping entrepreneurial immigrants away, and they're finding new opportunities overseas.
Knowledge@Wharton	Debate over Scarcity -- and Skills -- of IT Workers According to the Information Technology Association of America's May study, U.S. companies will be short nearly 600,000 qualified IT professionals over the next 12 months.
InternetNews July 6, 2007	Microsoft: North to Canada Microsoft said it plans to expand its presence in Canada by opening a new software development center in the greater Vancouver, British Columbia, area.
CIO January 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby	Cap On, Cap Off In 1998 and 2000, when high-tech companies asked Congress to raise the cap on H-1B visas (temporary permits that allow qualified foreigners to work in the United States), nary a legislator blinked. The cap, however, is slated to shrink to its original level in October 2003.
Global Services July 23, 2007 Juhi Bhambal	Temp. Visas: Outsourcing's Thorny Issue As two Senators charge tech companies of bringing cheap foreign workers to the U.S., costing Americans their jobs, the thorny issue of supposed visa abuse once again mars an otherwise rosy outsourcing story. We trace the events of the last two months.
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Roy Mark	Tech Embraces Bush Call For U.S. Competitiveness Praise rolls in for President Bush's new agenda focused on increased spending on innovation and education in the U.S.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Chief Didn't Know of Breach For Two Weeks Lawmakers slice and dice VA leadership; Senate raises H1-B Visa Cap; Internet gambling bill sparks jibes, jabs and moans.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft to Layoff Some H-1B Holders Microsoft is laying off those it can most do without, citizens or not.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2008 Jay Greene	Case Study: Microsoft's Canadian Solution Microsoft opened an office in Richmond, B.C., where it hopes to place hundreds of workers unable to obtain visas a few miles south in the U.S.
Chemistry World October 19, 2010 Akshat Rathi	Immigration cap could spell disaster for UK science In June the government announced a temporary cap on the number of skilled workers from non-EU states that can enter Britain.
CIO August 12, 2009 Stephanie Overby	H-1B Visa Sponsors: Surprise! You're Being Audited U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services has beefed up its anti-fraud auditing efforts this year with surprise site visits to companies that employ temporary non-immigrant visa holders. Corporate attorneys weigh in with tips on how to prepare for an H-1B visa audit.
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Spencer E. Ante	Too Many Visas for Techies? U.S. workers gripe that lax rules may cost them their jobs
InternetNews May 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neutrality Forces Put on a Happy Face Cornyn pushes for more H1-B visas... DoJ moves to quash EFF suit against AT&T... etc.
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 Moira Herbst	Still Wanted: Foreign Talent -- and Visas With the U.S. jobless rate at 10%, continued hiring of workers from abroad may stoke controversy.
InternetNews August 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Competition Bill Passed to President's Desk The America Competes Act calls for doubling spending on research and math, science and engineering education.
HBS Working Knowledge January 22, 2014 Dina Gerdeman	High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don't Cost US Jobs Hiring skilled immigrants by United States high-tech firms not only doesn't push out existing workers, it creates job opportunities for all, argues William Kerr.
InternetNews March 12, 2008	Gates Wants More Professional Visas Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked Congress on Wednesday for more visas for skilled professionals, echoing arguments often made by many in the tech sector.
InternetNews April 27, 2005 Roy Mark	Gates Rakes Congress on H1B Visa Cap Microsoft chairman says it doesn't make sense to bar 'smart people' from U.S. tech industry.
CFO July 15, 2008 Kate Plourd	Coming to America To plug the talent gap, finance departments are hiring foreign nationals - if they can obtain visas, that is.
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HBS Working Knowledge August 1, 2011 Carmen Nobel	Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators? The H-1B visa program, which enables US employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers for three years, is "a lightning rod for a very heated debate," says Harvard Business School professor William Kerr.
InternetNews January 24, 2007 Roy Mark	State of The Union Speech Light on Tech President George Bush was far more circumspect about information technology in his Tuesday night State of the Union address than he was during his 2006 speech in which he gave a major plug for technology and competitiveness.
Global Services May 27, 2007 Shyamanuja Das	Protectionism v2.0: Anti-offshoring or Anti-Indian? Two members of U.S. Senate have sent out letters to nine Indian tech companies demanding to know how they are using the H-1B visas issued to them.
Entrepreneur October 2007 Joshua Kurlantzick	Borderline Issues All is quiet on the immigration front - for now. But can small-business owners pull together to help bring about desperately needed changes?
CIO October 18, 2011 Stephanie Overby	H-1B Visa Processing Delays Threaten IT Project Success The U.S. government's increased scrutiny of guest worker visa programs is leading to lengthy delays in processing IT outsourcing companies' applications for H-1B and L-1 visas. These delays are making it even more difficult for some IT groups and outsourcing providers to complete projects on time.
InternetNews March 3, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Fires Back in H-1B Workers Spat Despite pressure from Sen. Grassley, Microsoft's top lawyer says it doesn't plan to lay off H-1B workers before U.S. citizens.
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