Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:39:33 -0700 From: Norm Matloff To: Norm Matloff Subject: Matloff/Schlenger H-1B debate To: H-1B/L-1/offshoring e-newsletter Yesterday I taped a local TV show called Straight Talk, which is sponsored by the Democratic Party organization in Santa Clara County, i.e. Silicon Valley. Some of you may recall that I was on this show in 2000, including an H-1B named Murali Devarakonda, a member of the Board of Directors of the Immigrant Support Network, an H-1B organization similar to Immigration Voice today. (These organizations tend to gradually disband, as their members' green card applications finally come through.) Devarakonda said, "[H-1B] is legal human rights violation in America...You [as an H-1B] are an indentured servant, a modern-day slave..." My debate opponent on the show was Kirsten Schlenger, a prominent immigration lawyer who has served as an office of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and their foundation, the American Immigration Law Foundation. You can watch the video of the debate (28 minutes) at http://www.democraticclub-scc.org/StraightTalk/H-1Bvisas.wmv Norm