High tech workers, many in software, IT, and biotechnology experience a very high level of frustration with the slow pace of the US immigration system. Some claim that the economies of their home countries (particularly India and China) are being nourished by returning workers who have given up on the US immigration system, in the face of the fact that it can presently take 5-7 (or more) years for an individual to go through the steps of arriving in US as an H-1B, proving themselves at their job, finding an employer to sponsor them for permanent residency, and going though the three phases of an employment-based immigration case. Many of these workers had high hopes pinned on the immigration reform bill that was defeated this summer. Some have taken to protesting and want to separate their protest from those of illegal immigrants, trying to make it clear that they have obeyed the rules all their lives and are being treated unfairly and even victimized by a system that places low limits on both business visas for skilled workers and on the number of employment-based immigrants who can be granted permanent residency in any given year. Read more.

Here are a few clips from rallies that took place over the last few months in support of these skilled workers.

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