Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who was flanked by fired IT professionals, discussed misuse of the H-1B visa program. Blumenthal stated at a news conference that 5,669 people are working in Connecticut as part of the H-1B program. How many of them have laid off American employees? We are unsure, he said. How many of them were employed in place of Americans? We are unsure.”But we know that increasingly,” “the senator said, foreign workers are being used to displace Americans” “because they can be employed more cheaply.” The press conference held by Blumenthal was another indication of the H-1B issue’s growing political prominence. Uncertain are the effects of this focus.
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