Getting around H-1B visas

A federal lawsuit has been filed in New Jersey charging the Bush administration with illegally making an end run around the current limits for the H1-B visa program. The Immigration Reform Law Institute, the Programmers Guild and others said the administration has improperly extended the time foreign nationals can work in the U.S. on student visas from one year to 29 months.

"They did this with absolutely no legal basis," said John Miano, founder of The Programmers Guild in Summit, N.J. The government's move has been supported by tech companies that have been pressing unsuccessfully to raise the H-1B visa caps so they can hire more foreign workers. Opponents say the H-1B program and new new student visa extension hurt U.S. workers.

For more on this incendiary debate:
- check out this ComputerWorld.com article