H-1B Bodyshop vs. U.S. First Amendment: The Case Of “Tunnel Rat”

By Rob Sanchez

The blogger who goes by the nickname “Tunnel Rat” has the status of a folk hero for American computer/IT and engineering professionals. He is celebrated for his acerbic commentaries on his website, ITGrunt. At least a portion of Tunnel Rat’s mystique derives from his persona as a geeky Lucha libre-type masked hero. The internet has been rife with speculation by both by his fans and detractors as to his identity and whether his writings represent reality or fantasy. All of that buzz adds to his legendary status.

“Tunnel Rat” expresses the popular rage of American high-tech professionals as they are dispossessed by immigration and outsourcing. His blogs are hard-hitting, profane and politically incorrect, especially in regards to corporate politics, stupid managers, and unqualified H-1B visa-holders from India hired as programmers and engineers by high-tech companies. VDARE.COM’s Patrick Cleburne has described ITGrunt as “the go-to source for H-1B/ American Worker Displacement atrocities”.

But don’t bother going to ITGrunt’s website now, because it and several other websites have been removed from the internet. (Remnants of the site are still in Google’s cache but they are disappearing fast). This happened on December 23rd because of litigation by the Indian-owned bodyshop APEX Technology Group. Apex is run by Sarvesh Kumar Dharayan [email him]. APEX has been demanding that various websites—some apparently run by desis from India!—remove all mention of its name.

Judge James P. Hurley of The Superior Court of New Jersey ordered the internet service provider Godaddy.com to cancel the domain addresses associated with ITGrunt.com and endh1b.com . In addition, discountASP.NET was ordered to remove the pages from its web servers. Although Judge Hurley’s order was issued right before Christmas, these companies were required to act within 3 calendar days.

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H-1B Bodyshop vs. U.S. First Amendment: The Case Of "Tunnel Rat"
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