Web Letters: High-Tech Hysteria

I understand that former interns need support but... seriously, I'm really having a hard time figuring out how this "opus" made it through editorial circles, reviews etc.

Typical cheap fearmongering, built on the Tancredo-Dobbs-Sensenbrenner-type of xenophobic idiotism about H1Bs and immigrants, only some extra 'spice' added at the end ("says a former guest worker who became a US citizen", anonymously, of course!)

A very low quality (bordering worthless, I'd say) piece, with little understanding of the subject (H1B vs. immigrant visas), paired with poor research (if any)--its purpose is simply to further hammer the same false point the right-wing nutcases hammer every single day.

Three thumbs down, Nation.

Levente Szileszky

New York, NY

Three links: one, two, three.

Read these and eat your little hearts out. Over 90% of these were H1bs--either directly from other countries (40%) or from people who first entered as foreign students (52%). And that is the reason why H1bs will be increased and given green cards. Gee, I wonder if these companies hire Americans.

As a bigtime Bill Clinton admirer, I won't give a cent to The Nation for running this article.

John Brew

Mountain View, CA