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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (135)8/13/2003 4:44:52 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor  Read Replies (1) of 773
 
They are keeping L1s, capping them at 22K/year. Currently there are no quantity restrictions. The other limitations are 1) no US worker can be fired within 6 mos of hiring an L1, 2) no "third parties" like tata- this is where most abuses occur, to deal with your scenario of "cross training" execs, the L1 visas should go to workers at the foreign location of the same company - not tata.

Applied materials is an abuser of L1 visas. They bring Tata contractors over every 6 mos on a rotating schedule. While they are here, they are paid only cost of living. Their regular salary is paid in india rupees and deposited in an offshore bank. In this way Applied skirts the US tax system, which I'm sure you know is regressive.

Had these tax evasion strategies not been so prevalent, causing the US tax roles to recede, my guess is congress would be less harsh. Companies lobbied governments heavily to get concessions to set up HQs all over the US. These concessions were given based on an assumption that hiring would occur and taxes would be paid. If niether happens, these companies might as well relocate to Mumbai as that Steve Harmon piece suggests. These visa holders use US services and add to the risk of terrorism to a degree and yet we get no benefit.

It would be a shame if a rising tide of anti-immigration fervor in the U.S. -- which I haven't noticed BTW -- causes us to lose our ability to attract talented people from other countries. I would rather see us rewrite our immigration policies to attract talented people and keep out riff raff. <g>

All I can tell you is that most everyone I know in SV software has said "I used to love my job, now it is an indian sweatshop". I just heard that last night. With these unemployment levels we don't need these visas, good riddance. As a hiring manager I can say honestly that I have never met an indian visa holder programmer who was head and shoulders above a US worker. They are cheaper and that is all.
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