Infosys, Wipro, TCS abusing H-1B visas: US senator

Senator Richard Durbin calls the companies as outsourcing firms

News | by CIOL Bureau

BANGALORE, INDIA: Even as the US is yet to announce reforms in its immigration system, a US Senator has accused TCS, Infosys and Wipro of abusing the H-1B visa system, according to a report on NDTV.
Terming the top three IT companies as outsourcing companies, senator Richard Durbin has said that Americans would be shocked to know that H-1B visas aren't going to Microsoft, but to these companies.
During a Congressional hearing on immigration reform by the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, he said: "Americans would be shocked to know that the H-1B visas are not going to Microsoft; they're going to these firms, largely in India, who are finding workers, engineers, who will work at low wages in the US for three years and pay a fee to Infosys or these companies," Durbin alleged.
In January 2013, a bipartisan group of top US Senators had introduced a legislation in the Senate aimed to bring about changes in immigration norms, which include doubling of H-1B visa cap and establishing a market-based escalator. The Immigration Innovation (I2) Act of 2013 proposes to increase H-1B cap from 65,000 to 115,000 and establish a market-based H-1B escalator, so that the cap can adjust to the demands of the economy