Seth Goodman wrote: >> From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 3:38 PM >> >> >> Seth writes: >> > They have a sense of national pride and feel a part of the Indian >> > economy, thus they naturally prefer to hire their own >> nationals. That's >> > illegal here... >> >> It is legal in the US to hire only US nationals. > > It is illegal in the U.S. to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, > national origin and numerous other factors in hiring.
A US national would be someone living legally in the US. You're *only* allowed to hire US nationals inside US territory. > Even where I live, in the mid-Western U.S., most technology companies > have engineers on their staff who were born in other countries. Look at > the engineering staff at most technology firms in "the valley" > (California, for the non-U.S. readers) and you will clearly see that > hiring decisions have little to do with national origin. Well, that has to do more with the fact California can't raise smart people on their own, they have to import them from elsewhere. Just ask anybody from Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, or any other nearby, Californicated state. -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got jabber? http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
