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Comments of the Day
The "Letters to the Editor" section of Immigration Daily has carried more than one letter from Professor
Norman Matloff. In response to a
letter in the October 5, 2000, issue of the Daily we received the following:
"Calling ISN, which represents scores of H-1B Indians (among the very Indians who have added so much value to
the American bottom-line), a militant organization is deplorable. And your publishing such a letter condones
his statement and is regrettable." As we have said before, ILW.COM serves as a platform for the exchange of
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duces tecum requiring the INS to provide Congress with a report on illegal immigration statistics
and states that "the Immigration and Naturalization Service is hiding the information because it
would show that after the 1986 amnesty, illegal immigration doubled."
Conference Report on H.R. 3244, Victims
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
Conference report and statement on
H.R. 3244, the
"Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000," a bill to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade,
slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the US and countries around the world through prevention,
through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance to
victims of trafficking.
Senate Enrolls Bill, S. 2045, signed in the House
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in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000."
INS News of the Day
German-American Day 2000
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President remarked that German Americans have played a prominent part in US history as millions
of German immigrants have profoundly shaped the America we know today.
Immigration News of the Day
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citizens from countries that have not sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the
last five years.
The New H-1B Visa Law a Life Changer But "Body Shops" Expected to Continue
According to the San Francisco Chronicle even though the H-1B visa bill includes several provisions
giving foreign workers the ability to negotiate for salaries and working conditions like their American
counterparts, not all workers on an H-1B visa will be able to reap the benefits since "body shops" -
staffing services that import foreign workers - will go on exploiting workers from poor countries
such as India.
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Letters to the Editor
This is in response to Gary Endelman's letter which appeared in yesterday's issue of Immigration Daily.
Dear Editor:
Gary Endelman says my letter overlooked the fact that the new H-1B bill allows an H-1B worker to change
jobs once his/her adjustment of status application has been on file for 180 days or more. No, Mr. Endelman,
I didn't overlook anything. I simply stated that the bill's provisions will bring only a moderate improvement
in the plight of the H-1Bs, and that indentured servitude will continue to be alive and well in this program…
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Norm Matloff
UC Davis
The following is in response to
Prof. Matloff's letter which was published in the October 5, 2000, issue of
Immigration Daily.
Dear Editor:
One has to read Mr. Norm Matloff's Letter in your Immigration Daily (10/5/2000) with distress. While his previous
letters merited some discussion, this letter reveals his true colors. He is just an anti-immigrant with definite
animosity against Indians. Calling ISN, which represents scores of H-1B Indians (among the very Indians
who have added so much value to the American bottom-line), a militant organization is deplorable. And your publishing
such a letter condones his statement and is regrettable.
We (Indian H-1Bs) hope that this is corrected.
Rangarajan Suresh
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