washingtonpost.com — Shyam Bindingnavale had spent years of anguish in pursuit of permanent residency, so when the government offered him an opportunity to apply for it and then abruptly snatched it away, he was furious and deeply disappointed.
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Closed AccountJul 11, 2007
bring in civil disobediance. <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience</a> considering the amount of tax being payed by the skilled immigrants, that would definitely make a roundtable.
noisicianJul 11, 2007
ok, i'll bite, what is a "sliding horse" ?
patrixJul 11, 2007
Trust me, if the U.S were to eliminate H1-Bs (although I don't think anyone with a brain would dare to), most Indians would be content going back. Just as most Japanese do go back. Good luck competing in the global competition then.
longboarder543Jul 11, 2007
Damn, longboarder, what a well-informed, intelligent comment. Seriously, bravo.
pradeep1Jul 12, 2007
It is my firm belief that if the USA does not mend its immigration policy in regards to highly skilled workers, then we as a nation will lose technical superiority to other countries over time. I am Indian and I have many family and friends who now go to other countries such as Canada, U.K., Belgium, Germany, and even Japan to work in technical jobs because of the US's immigration policy. They are willing to learn a new language (German, Dutch, French, and Japanese) to work in these other countries. I believe the USA should be actively going out to other countries and recruiting their top talent and bringing them here, instead of throwing up hurdles to those that want to come. I remember recently reading about how Singapore is coming to the USA and other European countries to recruit their top talent in highly technical fields. They are offering them positions in government created research institutions, and offering perks like housing, education for their kids, and even a job for the spouses. They opened up a research park staffed with American, Brits, French, Swedes, and Germans along with their own in-house researchers to further the study of stem cells, etc. Why don't we have a progressive policy like that? How long will we be able to maintain our technical superiority if we don't amend this immigration policy? I'd say that at least 40-60% of the cutting edge research and breakthroughs in this country are being done by people who recently immigrated here. It is probably closer to 70-80% if I do a straw poll estimate of the research institutions I've been a part of. Even if the ultimate credit for the publication goes to an American, a majority of the labor was done by an Indian, Chinese, or some other foreign national who is working to become an American.
Closed AccountJul 15, 2007
Its that clip from bollywood.
cloud9ineteenJul 18, 2007
The problem with you guys is, you beleive USA is right and everyone must live like you! No one should come within your arm's length coz you need your 'personal space'. When you are ready to live as a society, cooperating and collaborating, and you don't mind the sweat and tears of another falling on you, you will grow up. India is not perfect. Neither are Indians. But leave your prejudice out. Judge each person for what he is, not for what tha last person of the same skin color did to you.And as to Engineering, Sciences and Math, when will you start recognizing brilliance and brilliance and not as nerdiness / geekiness. Try to recognize that to keep the cost savings that keep the balance sheets of thousands of your companies out of red comes from the labor of Indians, here or elsewhere.Look around you, learn from every person you meet, instead of judging him instantly based on your prejudiced. And tell me about your 25th ancestor and tell me if he was born here in the US. So, in a sense, you are just another one of us. At least we have a place to go back. Most of you don't even know where you came from!