According to Banerjee, myths abound about propensities falsely attributed to H-1B workers and anti-immigrant propaganda is rife with falsehoods.<\/p>\n
H-1B visas have always been controversial among certain segments of the U.S. population. But right-wing and anti-immigrant talk shows, blogs, and other venues have been ratcheting up the rhetoric lately. “It makes me sad to consider that these views still exist,” says Houston-area immigration lawyer Annie Banerjee, “especially in America.”<\/p>\n
In particular, Banerjee decries some of the claptrap she’s been hearing about H-1B workers legitimately awarded visas permitting them to work in this country. “They are generating myths, misinformation, and outright falsehoods,” asserts Ms. Banerjee.<\/p>\n
“They like to say that H-1B workers are stealing jobs from legitimate American workers, by which they imply in code that U.S. workers born and raised here are denied opportunities. It’s just not true,” Ms. Banerjee says.<\/p>\n
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