Thanks Uttam for fwding this? Some quick questions?
What do you think of this column? and Why the term 'Indian Bangladeshi' ? Do you mean to say that the term Bangladeshi is synonymous to, say, 'illegal' :-) ____________ On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:02 AM, uttam borthakur <[email protected] > wrote: > > http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/feb/19us.htm > > > India [ Images ] may have taken giant strides in every possible sphere of > life across the world, but there are things that come as real blot to its > global image. > Quoting a US Department of Homeland Security report, mercurynews reports > that Indians are the fastest-growing group of illegal immigrants in the > United States. > The report says there are 2,70,000 unauthorized Indians in the United > States - a 125 percent jump since 2000, the largest percentage increase of > any nation with more than 100,000 illegal immigrants in that country. > The report says though the number of Indian immigrants is low when compared > to people from Mexico, the Indian context is appalling as the illegal > immigrants mostly consist high-skilled workers. Illegal immigrants from > other countries are mostly low-skilled workers. > Mercurynews, in its report, also says if the trend continues India will > only trail only Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala in illegal immigration. > The report quoting experts says virtually all immigrants enter the US > legally and then violate the visa terms, thus becomimg illegal immigrants. > "How do you get in? You come across the border, or you arrive here with a > visa," Lindsay Lowell, policy director for the Institute for the Study of > International Migration at Georgetown University told Mercurynews. > "Indians aren't going to be walking across the border like Mexicans," he > said. > Federal officials calculated the number of illegal immigrants by using > census estimates of the total number of immigrants from individual > countries, compiling the total number of legal immigrants using federal > immigration and naturalization records, and then subtracting the number of > legal residents from the total immigrant population to determine the number > of undocumented people, the report said. > Asked by Mercurynews about the number of illegal Indians in Silicon Valley, > Banjit Singh, an Indian-born taxi driver, said, "Here, there is a little > bit. But you go to another city or state, like Los Angeles or New York, > there are many illegal people." > Local immigration lawyers say that particularly among Indians, the ups and > downs of Silicon Valley's economy since 2001 are one reason why Indians have > fallen out of legal status. > "Most are bachelors; the way they get here is they have a job," Gabriel > Jack, a San Jose immigration lawyer, said of many of his Indian clients. > "They come here as professionals, most often in the H-1B program, and given > the fluctuations of Silicon Valley, the business climate, these guys lose > their jobs. They get laid off or they wager their hands on a start-up coming > in," Jack said. > "The problem with the H-1B program is, you can't have any significant time > between jobs" without falling out of legal status. > Indians made up 44 percent of H-1B applicants in the 2005-06 fiscal year, > five times the number from second-place China, the report says. > The report says another source is relatives from India who arrive for a > visit on a tourist visa and never go home. > "America is a very attractive country; everybody who comes here wants to > stay," said Shah Peerally, a Silicon Valley immigration lawyer. "I can tell > you right now, there are nearly 1 billion people in India, of which maybe > 800 million want to come here." > The United States deported close to 500 Indians a year in recent years, > another expert tells Mecurynews. > "Unless Congress reforms the immigration system we are going to see this > high-skilled, illegal workforce emerging," said Frank D. Bean, director of > the Immigration Research Center at the University of California-Irvine. > > > Uttam Kumar Borthakur > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
