Skyline Global Outsourcing Update

India's flagship outsourcing industry reacted angrily Saturday to a new US law tightening security at the Mexico border with measures paid for by steep hikes in American work visa fees. The 600-million-dollar legislation, signed into law Friday by US President Barack Obama, will nearly double visa fees for some Indian information technology workers entering the United States. The US is giving a very strong signal foreigners are not welcome, said Som Mittal, president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), which represents India's leading software exporters. The row comes as India readies to host Obama later this year and as anti-outsourcing anger in the United States has been stoked by high unemployment. The law, passed in the run-up to November US polls, earmarks funds from the visa fee hike to pay for the US government's plans to boost security along its border with Mexico to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

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