Net slump threatens foreign workers

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 06:49 PM 3/28/01 +0200, Johannes wrote:
>>From the BBC website:
>
>Full text at:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1247000/1247465.stm
>
>Thousands of foreign workers in America's high technology sector are set to
>lose their jobs and as a result, their right to stay in the US, because of
>the slump in the Internet sector.
>In the past few years, the US government has given hundreds of thousands of
>foreigners with high-tech skills H1-B temporary work permits.
>But if they are laid off, they are not allowed to remain in the US, or begin
>another job, unless they have another visa application pending.
>

Is there any evidence of actual visa denials/deportation of foreign IT
workers as a result of layoffs?

wojtek