Skyline Global Outsourcing Update

President Barack Obama Friday signed a bill that tightens security at the Mexico border, hoping to address the hot issue of illegal immigration in the run-up to November congressional elections. The 600-million-dollar legislation hikes visa fees for some IT workers entering the United States, and has had been slammed by Indian industry. The fee increases pay for 1,000 new US Border Patrol agents to form a "strike force" for quick deployment, 250 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as well as 250 new Customs and Border Protection officers at ports of entry. It also boosts communications among law-enforcement officials. The new law nearly doubles fees on visas for skilled workers brought in by companies whose staffs are more than 50 percent foreign, a move that largely affects India's IT and outsourcing industries.

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