“If the Department of Justice concludes that these companies are discriminating against Americans, the entire outsourcing model becomes<br />deeply suspect,” said Russell Harrison, director of government relations at IEEE-USA, a group that represents American tech workers.<br />H-1B visas are commonly used by companies to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill technical positions like software developers.<br />Some tech companies say they need foreign workers because they cannot find enough Americans with the skills for these jobs.<br />Indian outsourcing firms like Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro<br />and Infosys get a large number of H-1B visas, as do outsource companies that are based in America, such as I. B.M.
