"It doesn't matter if they are the best and the brightest or the worst and the dumbest; corporations want to continue to legally recruit abroad first for their U.S. job openings," says Donna Conroy, executive director of Bright Future Jobs.
Conroy says her group advocates legislation requiring all U.S. companies to seek domestic workers for their U.S. job openings before allowing them to recruit from abroad.
In the final version of the economic stimulus bill in February, Senate and House negotiators agreed to stricter limits on banks and other firms receiving taxpayer bailouts that use the H-1B visa program.
Image: Jocelyn Flores (L) and her cousin Chris Flores take part in a rally in support of immigration rights in Washington. | Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters
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