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No stemming the tide of good U.S. jobs going overseas

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Corporations whine that H-1Bs are needed because of a shortage of Americans with skills, but major studies at the University of California Davis and Duke University conclusively prove we have thousands of unemployed or underemployed Americans with all the needed technical skills. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2007/04/16/no_stemming_the_tide_of_good_us_jobs_going_overseas

By Phyllis Schlafly, April 16, 2007

Roy Beck Discusses Domestic Recruitment Channels Before House Immigration Subcommittee

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Length:  4 min 10 sec

NumbersUSA President Roy Beck testifies why US companies need to increase their domestic recruitment channels citing the Barbara Jordan Commission. This was part of the Hearing on the U.S. Economy, U.S. Workers, and Immigration Reform before the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration

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"When a comprehensive immigration bill collapsed last month on the Senate floor, it was a victory for a small group that had been lobbying Congress for a decade to reduce the number of immigrants — legal and illegal — in the United States. The group, Numbers USA, tracked every twist and turn of the bill. Its members flooded the Senate with more than a million faxes, sent through the organization’s Web site. It supplied arguments and information to senators opposing the bill. 'It was a David-and-Goliath struggle,' said Roy H.

NumbersUSA TV ad criticizes McConnell for immigration-bill effort

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"Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who helped revive an immigration bill this week, is drawing criticism back home in a sharply worded television ad being run by a national group. NumbersUSA, which favors restricting immigration, accuses McConnell of joining liberal icon Ted Kennedy in "strong-arming" senators to support "amnesty" for millions of illegal immigrants..."

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Senators say offshore firms are H-1B visas' biggest users

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Nine foreign-based companies that specialize in offshoring U.S. technology jobs received about 20,000 H-1B visas last year, according to data released yesterday by U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The top user of H-1B visas is India-based Infosys Technologies Ltd., which received 4,908 visas in the 2006 fiscal year. It was followed by Wipro Ltd., which received 4,002 visas, and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., with 3,046.

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