US senator says Indian IT firms are abusing H-1B work visa
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18:03 08/05/2013
Dick Durbin, a Democratic Party senator from Illinois, has said that Indian IT firms like TCS, Infosys and Tata Consulting are abusing the US H-1B temporary work visa. Mr Durbin told the Senate...
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