IEEE says L-1 visa not intended for outsourcers

[bart95]

IEEE says L-1 visa not intended for outsourcers
AFL-CIO and IEEE-USA fire back at Chamber, IT firms looking to White House for L-1 visa changes
By Patrick Thibodeau
April 3, 2012 07:32 PM

Computerworld - WASHINGTON - The U.S. this week began accepting applications for H-1B visas for the next fiscal year, but that's not the big news it was in previous years.

The H-1B has been a powder keg among IT workers for a long time, but the real battle this year is over the L-1 visa. The L-1 visa is used for intra-company transfers of employees from foreign offices to U.S. offices.

The L-1 battle got even bigger this week.

In separate letters sent on Tuesday, the labor union AFL-CIO and the IEEE-USA professional organization warned the White House against undermining U.S. worker protections in the L-1 visa by accepting changes recommended by more than 60 firms and organizations, including IT outsourcing firms and the U.S Chamber of Commerce.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225818/IEEE_says_L_1_visa_not_intended_for_outsourcers?taxonomyId=72

[MannyGoldstein]

1. You mean the White House that pushed through three

"free" trade deals a few months ago?

Good luck with that!

[alp227]

2. Corporations have more lobbying power than scholarly IEEE groups

[bart95]

3. both H-1b and L1 visas were intended for outsourcers

and that's why politicians refuse to admit it no matter how much proof you give them