IEEE-USA In Action
[Posted: 3 April 2006]
IEEE-USA H-1B Position Highlighted in
Washington Post, NBC News Coverage
IEEE-USA’s position on H-1B visas was
highlighted in a Washington Post article
and a piece on NBC TV during the last week of
March. The organization was also named in a
CNET News piece and an editorial in
Computerworld magazine.
On Friday, 31 March, IEEE-USA President Ralph W.
Wyndrum Jr. was quoted in a Post article
on H-1B visas, “Most See Visa Program as
Severely Flawed.” He said, “Those who are here
on H-1B visas are being worked as indentured
servants.” It is available at
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/30/AR2006033001968.html?sub=AR.
On Thursday night, IEEE-USA Vice President Ron
Hira appeared on NBC Nightly News with Brian
Williams and said that hiring guest workers
at a lower cost “undercuts and undermines U.S.
workers.” The transcript and video for
“Immigrant brain drain in Silicon Valley” is
accessible at
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12085007.
Also Friday, IEEE-USA was included in a CNET
News article, “H-1B visas hit roadblock in
Congress”:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6056167.html?tag=sas.email.
The article covered a Thursday House hearing in
which IEEE-USA will submit a statement against
expansion of the H-1B program.
IEEE-USA was also cited for its support of
permanent immigration, as opposed to temporary
visas, in an online chat that Post
reporter S. Mitra Kalita conducted Friday: (
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/03/30/DI2006033001345.html).
On Monday, Computerworld Editor in Chief
Don Tennant praised IEEE-USA for the Innovation
Institute it is starting this year. “H-1Being
Professional” is available at
http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/story/0,10801,109859,00.html
For more IEEE-USA in the News items, go to
http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/inthenews/default.asp.
Contact:
Chris McManes
Senior Public Relations Coordinator, IEEE-USA
Phone: + 1 202 530-8356
E-mail:
c.mcmanes@ieee.org
Last Update:
04 September 2007 |
