It included conditions against foreign workers displacing qualified Americans at companies that receive federal stimulus money.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

In recent years, the visa program has been ensnared in a debate over whether foreign workers are displacing qualified Americans.

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But some critics of the visa program say it displaces qualified Americans and that companies hire foreign workers because they command lower salaries and fewer benefits than Americans.

WSJ: Visa Demand Jumps

When somebody like him comes along, who is - appears to be, for all practical purposes, qualified, that a lot more Americans will be give him a very fair chance to be heard and even supported.

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