H-1B Workers Face Uncertain Future

By Avy Mallik

Ashish Mukharji was all smiles. He just became an American. “Look at this,” exclaimed the Indian American with excitement, “My face is on a U.S. passport!”

The 31-year-old MBA graduate from Yale University seemed quite content with his current position despite being out of a job, because he now has the security of citizenship.

He, along with several thousand other computer and IT (information technology) professionals, have been laid off as a result of the recent fizzle in the U.S. economy. And for most foreign IT workers — who, unlike Mukharji, are not U.S. citizens, their temporary worker status has left them on even shakier ground.

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