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Status of Durbin/Grassley Bill By: Norm Matloff

"I have previously given strong endorsement to the Durbin/Grassley H-1B/L-1 reform bill introduced earlier this year in the Senate. Most of the bill is of little value, but there ...

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New Awakening About Free Trade! By: Phyllis Schlafly,

"The corporations whine that H-1Bs are needed because of a shortage of Americans with skills, but major studies at UC-Davis and Duke universities conclusively prove we have thousan...

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Legislators Open Loopholes in Immigration Law!

"There are so many types of visas that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service is running out of letters of the alphabet to name them. A proposed immigration bill the Bush adm...

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Trends in Engineering Offshoring! By: Vivek Wadhwa

"Ever since the offshore shift of engineering work blew up into a national issue four years ago, a question has nagged at economists and policy makers: Is outsourcing hurting Ameri...

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U.S. Negotiates Trade Agreement with South Korea

"The U.S. and South Korea agreed to terms on a trade agreement that would be the largest trade agreement since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed in the mid...

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The Establishment Rethinks Globalization! By: William Greider

"Gomory's vision of reformation actually goes beyond the trading system and America's economic deterioration. He wants to re-create an understanding of the corporation's obligation...

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H-1B Visa Cap Popped After One Day!

"Instead of Congress seeking to expand the number of foreign workers in our country, they first must address the illegal immigration crisis that we are facing today. Congress shoul...

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S-4169 Durbin-Grassley Bill on H-1B/L-1 Visa Reform!

"Senators Durbin and Grassley will be eulogized today on Lou Dobbs and Anderson Cooper. The reason -- they introduced a bill that pretends to reform the H-1B and L-1 programs. Appa...

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AFL-CIO Letter To U.S. Senate "HELP" Committee

"I wish to express strong concern with the composition of the panel before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) for tomorrow's (March 7, 2007) hearing enti...

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Issues Behind the Abramoff Scandal Started in 1957

A reader of one of my previous American Chronicle articles recently contacted me to see if I might be interested in some data for a future article about the current Republican lead...

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