Heard two interesting bits of news in recent times:
1. A guy from India was returning to US after vacation. He was working in US on H1B. At the point of immigration, the officer asked him which client he was going to work for. When he mentioned the name as a bank using the bailout money, the Immigration Officer called up his managers at bank to inquire why couldn't they hire an american citizen and needed someone from India on H1B to fill the position. The bank backtracked and said it will fill up the position locally. The guy was denied entry and sent back home.
2. A guy in US filed for a H1B transfer from one consultant to another. The USCIS authorities sent back resumes of American citizens with similar skills to the new hiring consultant asking him why can't he hire one of Americans.
The 2nd one seems a bit too far fetched but then nothing is impossible. What is interesting here is that if these are rumors, how much panic people are living in to float such rumors around. And more interestingly, everyone I shared this piece of news with was of that the view that this may happen. Afterall, every country is going to think about the well being of its citizens before aliens.
Lets hope things improve soon and we all get to live peacefully :)
