WASHINGTON -- Braving a steady drizzle and the cold, nearly 65 Indian workers, who claim they were lured to move to the US by false promises of permanent jobs, have protested before the White House against the "abuses" in the H2B visa system, which was used to traffic them.

BUCKS, PA -- The U.S. Congress closed out 2007 without extending a visa program that would have allowed more temporary guest workers into the country to fill low-paying, seasonal jobs this spring. The outcome pleased immigration-reduction organizations. They opposed the measure, saying it could legally triple the number of temporary foreign workers in U.S. landscaping, construction and tourism industries. MORE