NFAP's Stuart Anderson's dishonest use of H-1b statistics

According to a December 16, 2007 article in The Hindu Business Line, NFAP Executive Director Stuart Anderson has released a "study" titled "The impact of high-skill immigration restrictions on America." A key finding of his "study" is that "The 10 most cited outsourcing firms of:

• Wipro,
• Infosys,
• TCS,
• Satyam Computer Services,
• Patni Computer Systems,
• Cognizant Tech Solutions US,
• HCL America,
• Deloitte and Touche LLP,
• Accenture, and
• MphasiS

used "only" 14% of the total H-1b visas in 2006.

Anderson then makes the absurd leap to conclude that "The “vast majority of H-1B visas go to US high-tech companies, financial institutions, and US Universities.”

Anderson reaches these conclusions because he is paid by Industry to lobby to increase the flood of H-1b workers. Although he shows a total disregard for his fellow American citizens, he frets over the welfare of Indian companies. "“Any new restriction on high-skill immigration will hurt the US industry, as much as Indian firms."

In May 2007BusinessWeek published a list of the Top 200 H-1b users.

This list reveals that there are many other outsourcing firms that are not in the top 10, pushing the use of H-1b by outsourcing firms well about the 14% represented by NFAP, for example:

• #11: Polaris Software Lab Ltd
• #12: Convansys
• #13: Syntel Consulting
• #14: HTC Global Services
• #15: (analysis in progress 12/19)

Rank	Employer	H1-B Visa Count
1	INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES	4,908
2	WIPRO	4,002
3	MICROSOFT	3,117
4	TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES	3,046
5	SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES	2,880
6	COGNIZANT TECH SOLUTIONS U.S.	2,226
7	PATNI COMPUTER SYSTEMS	1,391
8	IBM	1,130
9	ORACLE	1,022
10	LARSEN & TOUBRO INFOTECH	947
11	HCL AMERICA	910
12	DELOITTE & TOUCHE	890
13	CISCO SYSTEMS	828
14	INTEL	828
15	I-FLEX SOLUTIONS	817
16	ERNST & YOUNG	774
17	TECH MAHINDRA AMERICAS	770
18	MOTOROLA	760
19	MPHASIS	751
20	DELOITTE CONSULTING	665
21	LANCESOFT	645
22	NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	642
23	ACCENTURE	637
24	JPMORGAN CHASE	632
25	POLARIS SOFTWARE LAB INDIA	611
26	COVANSYS	611
27	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS	591
28	QUALCOMM	533
29	GOLDMAN SACHS	529
30	KPMG	476
31	MARLABS	475
32	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	437
33	UNIV. OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO	434
34	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	432
35	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY	432
36	SYNTEL CONSULTING	416
37	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS	413
38	BEARINGPOINT	413
39	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND	404
40	KEANE	386
41	HTC GLOBAL SERVICES	382
42	IGATE MASTECH	378
43	HEXAWARE TECHNOLOGIES	362
44	CAPITAL ONE SERVICES	362
45	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	355
46	LEHMAN BROTHERS	352
47	YAHOO!	347
48	U.S. TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES	339
49	INTELLIGROUP	336
50	HEWLETT-PACKARD	333
51	RAPIDIGM	330
52	MERRILL LYNCH	329
53	GOOGLE	328
54	CITIBANK	322
55	DIS NATIONAL INSTS OF HEALTH DHHS	322
56	YALE UNIVERSITY	316
57	NOKIA	314
58	TEXAS INSTRUMENTS	313
59	CAPGEMINI	309
60	HARVARD UNIVERSITY	308
61	EMC	305
62	SUN MICROSYSTEMS	303
63	RITE AID	301
64	BLOOMBERG	298
65	GENERAL ELECTRIC	292
66	AMGEN	289
67	McKINSEY U.S.	286
68	MORGAN STANLEY	285
69	STANFORD UNIVERSITY	279
70	WASHINGTON UNIV. IN ST. LOUIS	278
71	VERIZON DATA SERVICES	276
72	NYC-HHC HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER	276
73	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	275
74	INDIANA UNIVERSITY	273
75	OHIO STATE	271
76	EVEREST CONSULTING GROUP	269
77	UNIV. OF MINNESOTA	269
78	AMTEX SYSTEMS	268
79	UNIV. OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON	268
80	SUNY-STONY BROOK	262
81	AMAZON GLOBAL RESOURCES	262
82	CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION	256
83	DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT	255
84	UNIV. OF CALIF. AT DAVIS	254
85	NORTHWESTERN	251
86	SYNTEL	250
87	UNIV. OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA	247
88	GLOBALCYNEX	247
89	KANBAY	246
90	AMERICAN SOLUTIONS	242
91	UNIV. OF FLORIDA INTL. CENTER	240
92	UCLA	239
93	DUKE UNIV. MEDICAL CENTER	238
94	MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	236
95	BANK OF AMERICA	236
96	SOFTWARE RESEARCH GROUP	234
97	BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	234
98	MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL	232
99	CIBER	232
100	VERINON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS	230
101	EVEREST BUSINESS SOLUTIONS	226
102	VOLT TECHNICAL RESOURCES	224
103	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY	223
104	COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP	222
105	U.S. TECH SOLUTIONS	221
106	SYMANTEC	220
107	JSMN INTERNATIONAL	218
108	UBS	216
109	CVS PHARMACY	213
110	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	213
111	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	213
112	NORTEL NETWORKS	212
113	UNIV. OF CALIF. AT SAN FRANCISCO	211
114	UNIVERSITY OF MASS. MEDICAL SCHOOL	210
115	SPRINT/UNITED MANAGEMENT	209
116	HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT	209
117	PURDUE	208
118	GLOBAL CONSULTANTS	207
119	EMORY UNIVERSITY	207
120	UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	207
121	UNIV. OF COLORADO	207
122	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY	205
123	OBJECTWIN TECHNOLOGY	205
124	DIASPARK	204
125	HSBC BANK USA	203
126	EBUSINESS APPLICATION SOLUTIONS	203
127	BROADCOM	203
128	PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY (MD.) PUBLIC SCHS	203
129	MICRON TECHNOLOGY	202
130	COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS	198
131	TEXAS A&M	198
132	APPLIED MATERIALS	195
133	SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY	194
134	UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	194
135	IBM GLOBAL SVCS. INDIA	194
136	DELOITTE TAX	194
137	CUMMINS	193
138	ITECH U.S.	191
139	COMPUWARE	189
140	INTL. STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS OFFICE	186
141	UNIV. OF CALIF. AT SAN DIEGO	185
142	WALGREEN'S	184
143	HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE	184
144	USC	183
145	VISION SYSTEMS GROUP	182
146	T MOBILE USA	180
147	MULTIVISION	178
148	ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS	177
149	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	175
150	CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	174
151	CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV.	173
152	UNC AT CHAPEL HILL	173
153	UNIV. OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	172
154	DEUTSCHE BANK	170
155	CATERPILLAR	170
156	HALLMARK GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES	169
157	CYBERTHINK	169
158	CORPORATE COMPUTER SERVICES	167
159	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES	167
160	MEGASOFT CONSULTANTS	166
161	ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS	165
162	FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR	163
163	UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER	163
164	FIRST TEK TECHNOLOGIES	161
165	MICHIGAN STATE	161
166	RESEARCH FDN OF THE STATE UNIV OF	160
167	COMSYS SERVICES	160
168	VIRGINIA TECH	160
169	JUNIPER NETWORKS	160
170	UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA	158
171	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY	157
172	UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	157
173	FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES	157
174	CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON	156
175	BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB	156
176	VERIZON SERVICES	156
177	EBAY	155
178	AJILON CONSULTING	154
179	GENERAL MOTORS	153
180	CAMO TECHNOLOGIES	152
181	MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR	151
182	CMC AMERICAS	150
183	UT M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	149
184	NVIDIA	149
185	AT&T SERVICES	147
186	WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL	146
187	AXIOM SYSTEMS	146
188	WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY	146
189	MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER	146
190	NORTH CAROLINA STATE	146
191	GENENTECH	146
192	MAKRO TECHNOLOGIES	145
193	SVAM INTERNATIONAL	144
194	MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER	143
195	NUTECH INFORMATION SYSTEMS	143
196	XPEDITE TECHNOLOGIES	143
197	AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING	143
198	LOUISIANA STATE	142
199	FANNIE MAE	141
200	MINDTREE CONSULTING/TD>	141