Want Fries with that Visa Plan?.
Gaiutra Bahadur.
- Philadelphia Inquirer, 2004.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 53, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Want Fries with that Visa Plan?, Aug. 29, 2004; pp. E1+.
"Voicu Bogdan came to the United States two years ago thinking he had signed up for management training that would launch him on a career in tourism at home in Romania. Instead, the college graduate cooked burgers and swabbed floors for $7 an hour at a Wendy's in Paoli, Pa. He said he sometimes worked more than 50 hours a week without overtime pay." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) The article sheds light on workers' complaints that "point to a chink in a federal program that last year [2003] brought more than 200,000 au pairs, camp counselors, teachers, and other foreign citizens to the United States under J-1 visas. Both pro- and anti-immigration groups say employers increasingly abuse the gray areas of the Exchange Visitor Program to circumvent prevailing wage and other labor laws."
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