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It seems that Mexican President Vicente Fox is running a disruption operation against us. Nearly every week there seems to be more news about how the Mexican government is messing with the people of the United States. First it's the drug smuggling thing. Illegal drugs enter our country by the ton from Mexico. Obviously the Mexican government knows that. They mouth some words about doing something, but have not. Then there's those millions of illegal aliens squatting in our country. Instead of stopping the flow of illegals across the border, the Mexican government seems to be doing everything possible to...

U.S. Continues to Grant H-1B Visas Despite Record Unemployment To: National Desk Contact: Chris McManes of IEEE-USA, 202 785 0017 ext. 8356 or c.mcmanes@ieee.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 120,000 electrical engineers and computer scientists were unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2002. Despite this and other high levels of unemployment, 79,100 first-time H-1B visas were issued to non-U.S. citizens in fiscal year 2002, which ended Sept. 30. Add this to the 215,000 extensions and initial visas granted in exempt categories such as nonprofits, laboratories and colleges, and the number swells to...