A U.S. Senate plan to pay for new border protection along the Mexican border by hiking H-1B fees on offshore firms was met with sharp criticism by India's largest IT group. But what may have really inflamed offshore providers was Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) characterization of their industry. "There is a part of H-1B that is abused, and it is by companies that are not American companies or even companies that are making something," Schumer said Thursday on the Senate floor. "Rather, they are companies that take foreign folks, bring them here, and then they stay here for a few years, learn their expertise, and go back. We think we should increase the fees when they do that," he said.

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