High Tech Visas Create Problems for Immigration Bill

Hopes for a massive immigration bill have hit another blip as senators argue over plans to boost visas for high-tech workers:

According to Senate aides and industry officials, the dispute stems from disagreements over how best to punish companies that train workers in the U.S. only to ship them overseas.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who's taken the lead in pushing to crack down on outsourcing firms, also is seeking higher wages for workers brought in on the H-1B visas that go to specially skilled foreigners. High-tech industry officials say his efforts risk punishing companies not involved in the abuses he's trying to target, and lawmakers including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are taking the other side...

(Latino Fox News)