Thursday, March 19, 2009

As Economy Slumps, Firms Line Up to Hire Skilled Foreign Workers - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com

 

WASHINGTON -- At a time when high-tech corporations like Microsoft, Cisco and IBM are laying off American workers by the thousands, some of those very same companies will begin applying for the right to hire foreign workers on April 1.

The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers -- the IT arm of the Communications Workers of America -- has expressed outrage that the Homeland Security Department is once expected to issue 65,000 visas, known as H-1Bs, that allow American firms to hire foreign workers each year.

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As Economy Slumps, Firms Line Up to Hire Skilled Foreign Workers - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com

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