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To: Ish who wrote (14694)	10/31/2003 5:45:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793640

Case is weak for lifting H-1B cap Amid the worst technology recession in memory, influential members of the tech industry are seeking to import more foreign workers to the United States. What gives, apart from political obtuseness? With so many American engineers and technologists out of work, you'd imagine more political sensitivity among U.S. companies. But given the industry's accelerating move to send work overseas -- and take advantage of the lower wages paid in places like India and China -- one more insult to domestic labor seems almost logical. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7130212.htm The H-1B programme is important to the US. I understand the current cap is approximately 200,000, and I will seek to maintain a strong H-1B programme," Bush was quoted as saying by the 'India Abroad' newspaper in New York. When asked about H-1B bills on the floor of the House of Representatives, especially the Resolution 2688 moved by Republican Congressman Thomas Tancredo seeking to terminate the H-1B programme, Bush said "Tancredo and me are at opposite ends of the pole. I fully do not support Congressman Tancredo's bill against H-1Bs." ww1.mid-day.com (he says these things at republican fundraisers and thinks voters won't find out about them)