SILENCE IN A TIME OF TORMENT: THROWING INDIAN IT FIRMS UNDER THE BUS By Gary Endelman and Cyrus D. Mehta

SILENCE IN A TIME OF TORMENT: THROWING INDIAN IT FIRMS UNDER THE BUS By Gary Endelman and Cyrus D. Mehta considers critically, a Border Security bill, H.R. 6080, which was passed by the House on August 10, 2010 and proposes to add 1,500 more border officers on the US-Mexico border. It proposes to pay for their salaries and other support systems by substantially raising the filing fees of H-1B and L petitions filed by companies that employ 50 or more employees if more than 50% of these employees are admitted on H-1B or L visas. H.R. 6080 is identical to S. 3721 passed in the Senate on August 5, 2010. When discussing the bill, Senator Schumer, who initiated the fee increase, indicated that the burden of the increased fees – $2,000 more for each H-1B and $2,500 more for each L – would fall on Indian IT companies and likened the largest Indian IT giant, Infosys, to a “chop shop,” http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/08/06/us-senator-infosys-is-a-chop-shop/

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