The U.S. Justice Department has fined IT consulting services company iGate Mastech Inc $45,000 to settle charges that iGate discriminated against American citizens and Green Card holders in hiring employees. iGate is a Pittsburgh-based company originally founded by a bunch of Indians. This is what the U.S. Justice Department had to say about the fine
H1-B Visa program, the scourge of American software programmers and other professionals, has reached its cap of 65,000 within seven days of opening the gates for fiscal 2009. Most likely, the cap was reached on April 1 itself although the official announcement from USCIS came today. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said today […]
God save India. But which God? We have the Sun God, Monkey God, Elephant God, Snake God and now it seems India has a Visa God too, going by a story in today’s Wall Street Journal. The Chilkur Balaji temple near the South Indian city of Hyderabad has established a reputation among believers of Lord […]
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee members Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Democratic Senator Richard Durbin  on May 14, 2007 fired a shot across the bow of nine top Indian IT companies that heavily use H1B Visas charging them with displacing qualified, American workers. In a letter to the CEOs of the top nine IT companies including […]
If you thought illegal immigrants in the U.S. came only from Mexico or other Spanish speaking countries South of the border, think again. Our own Desi illegal population in the U.S. is growing and growing. Between January 2000 and January 2005, the highest percentage increase of illegal immigrants in the U.S. came from India – […]