IEEE-USA asks Dept. of Justice to rule on legality of offshoring IT jobs
Source: Computerworld
The IEEE-USA is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to consider whether the business model used by many offshore outsourcing firms -- replacing U.S. workers with visa holders -- violates the law.
Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Morrison (D-CT), who represents the IEEE-USA, recently sent a "technical assistance letter" to the DOJ's Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices. This letter is a formal request for help interpreting the law. But the DOJ isn't obligated to answer the questions posed in the technical assistance request.
Morrison wrote the 1990 immigration law creating the H-1B program. But Morrison has said that they had no idea, 25 years ago, that this temporary work visa would help create the IT offshoring industry. The IEEE-USA has become a strong critic of the visa program, and has opposed legislative efforts to raise the cap.
... If the Justice Dept. makes this clarification and agrees that there is no loophole that protects employers, these employers will want to avoid their liability under the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, said Morrison. "No more firing Americans and hiring an H-1B contractor to replace them," he said.
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