In an opinion piece appearing in the Houston Business Journal, the Business Journals' Washington Bureau Chief discusses why he believes that IT companies' recent push for increased H-1B numbers will likely fail.

At the annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in June, the U.S. Department of Labor released statistics about the Labor Certification applications in process and Labor Condition Applications filed in preparation for submitting H-1B petitions. Interesting points include:

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