WASHINGTON-- The India Abroad Center for Political Awareness (IACPA), today denounceda series of attacks by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) against the H-1B visa program. FAIR is an organization dedicated to limiting immigration into the United States.

FAIR, has taken to the airwaves in Michigan and a number of other states, attacking immigrants andpro-immigration elected officials. Their attacks include denunciation of bill S. 2045 sponsored bySenator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI). The bill would increase the cap on H-1B visas and allow for more foreign workers to fill jobs in the United States, especially in the high tech industry where there is a labor shortage. This bill would particularly affect those of Indian origin. Nearly 50 percent of H-1B visa entrants are from India.

Prem Shunmugavelu, Associate at IACPA, said, "The attacks by FAIR are irresponsible and distort facts." "They say that immigrants coming in under the H-1B visa are taking away jobs fromAmerican workers, when in reality these jobs are not being filled by those in the U.S.," continued Shunmugavelu.

Shunmugavelu added, "The shameless scare tactics that FAIR is using should be embarrassing to their organization, their members, and all Americans."

In some published advertisements by FAIR, there are arguments that show thatng doors for immigrants would allow people like Osama bin Laden into the country. These ads make comparisons that many immigrants could be terrorists similar to Osama bin Laden, bordering on issues of racism.

"We need the Indian American community at large to stand up to attacks on immigration, as the majority of our community comes from a recent wave of immigration (within the past 40 years), and denounce organizations like FAIR and their distorted attacks on hard working people," said Shunmugavelu. FAIR’s attacks are just un-FAIR," concluded Shunmugavelu.