Part 1 of this two-part series enumerates the ways in which the guest-worker visa program fails to meet the needs of American workers and the high-tech industry. Part 2 digs further into the arguments for and against the H-1B visa program, as well as the trends and motivations underlying them. "Google and other American companies are in a fierce competition with companies around the world for top talent. If U.S. employers are unable to hire the brightest candidates ... foreign competitors will," said Keith Wolfe, Google's global mobility manager.
May 20th 2008