Take this with a grain of salt because I cant back it up with anything concrete (perhaps someone else can) but I heard that companies have to post IT jobs and interview US citizens before they can get workers on the H1B and L1 visas.
That is one of the requirements in the laws authorizing the H1-B visas.
61 posted on 08/04/2003 2:24:27 PM PDT by harpseal
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