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The article reports on the increase of immigrants from the U.S. to Canada. It mentions the difficulty of obtaining U.S. work visas and green cards for skilled labor, the number of East Indians in particular how have moved to Canada, and the experience of software engineer Vikram Rangnekar who established a website to answer questions about moving to Canada.

The article discusses the situation facing Indian college students in the U.S. who take part in the U.S. Optional Practical Training (OPT) guest worker program. Topics include problems with the H-1B skilled-worker visa program, the employment contracts offered to information technology (IT) and software workers by firms known as body shops, and the recruitment of Indian students by the University of Central Missouri (UCM) in relation to the OPT program.

A letter to the editor is provided in response to the article "A model minority" in the November 26, 2016 issue.