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14 May, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Biden's @SecMartyWalsh is choosing to delay the prevailing wage rule change for non-immigrant visa programs like the H-1B by another 18-months citing Big Businesses' concerns over the changes! With this delay, employers can continue to legally pay H-1B workers LESS than Americans
Foreign workers, businesses, universities, & future foreign workers had a lot to lose if this prevailing wage rate rule was implemented -- naturally, the number of comments supporting delaying this rule far exceeded those not in favor of delaying it.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-10084.pdf
By delaying these much needed rule changes to the prevailing wage levels used in the H-1B visa program, Biden's @USDOL under @SecMartyWalsh is effectively saying that it's legal for employers to pay H-1B workers LESS than US workers, & incentivizing displacement.
A research report by @EconomicPolicy shows that all employers, including the largest Big Tech companies, are using the H-1B program to hire cheaper foreign workers relative to the wages paid to other American workers in those same occupations & regions.
epi.org/publication/h-…
"A huge relief indeed to Indian techies and IT firms, one of the largest beneficiaries of the visa."
moneycontrol.com/news/business/…

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31 Mar
Starting tomorrow, Trump’s pandemic-related suspension on work visas will be lifted. Biden has decided not to extend the suspension. Foreign workers in IT, au pair, hotels, resorts, etc.—all allowed now.

Employers use these visas primarily for importing cheap indentured labor.
“The H-2 guest worker program, which brought in 150,000 legal foreign workers last year, isn't supposed to deprive any American of a job. But many businesses go to extraordinary lengths to deny jobs to U.S. workers so they can hire foreigners instead.”
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“Temporary workers in the US on H-1B visas would arrive, and the Eversource employees would need to train their replacements.”
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11 Mar
The H-1B doesn’t require employers to prove they couldn’t find qualified Americans to fill the job, but the employment-based Green Card process does. So, employers find ways to disqualify qualified Americans.

@emeriticus discusses this in his latest:

newsweek.com/united-states-…
Thanks to the Immigration Act of 1990, Congress turned the H-1B into a “dual-intent” visa. This meant an H-1B worker was both a temporary worker & seeking permanent residency in the US. Business lobbyists pushed for this because they could attract foreign labor using Green Cards.
Employers knew that if they could promise Green Cards to H-1B workers, they could get an eager foreign workforce that would be willing to work for cheaper wages & remain loyal to the employer. H-1Bs don’t have job mobility like Americans. Their visa is tied to their employer.
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Immigration law doesn’t target Indian immigrants. They take the largest share of employment-based Green Cards each year.

The problem is the dual-intent nature of the H-1B program that pushes a business model to displace/discriminate American workers using cheaper Indian workers.
75% of H-1B visa go to Indian nationals each year & the top 10 sponsors of H-1B visas are Indian IT outsourcing firms. These aren’t “high-skilled” rocket scientists either. These are low-end IT workers that are coming in to displace American IT workers through fissured work.
The massive oversubscription of the H-1B program by Big Tech & Indian IT outsourcing firms crowds out other nationalities from getting H-1B visas.

If anything, the current H-1B program is stifling true high-skilled talent:

nytimes.com/2015/11/11/us/…
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28 Jan
America is one giant playground for the elites who have engaged in harmful arbitrage profiteering schemes.

They displaced our labor using cheap visa workers; off-shored manufacturing; & purposefully bankrupted companies for stock wins.

Destruction for profit.
The Boeing Company was once driven by innovation. Then an MBA-finance type CEO took over & started looking for quick shortcuts to increase profits. Result: two plane crashes.

amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/60…
Disney had a cutting-edge IT team consisting of high-skilled American workers who were good at what they did. Disney decided to lay them off but not before training their foreign H-1B replacements. They were forced into early retirement.

nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/…
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24 Jan
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Progressives often look to Denmark as a beacon of success & want those successes replicated in the US.

What Progressives fail to address is Denmark’s restrictive immigration policies. They have a Social Democrat/Liberal (party) PM who is an immigration restrictionist.
The Danes aren’t anti-immigrants. They just understand that a more lenient immigration policy would create an economic burden to the country because of their numerous social welfare programs (healthcare, education, paid vacation, etc), & effect on wages.

@SenSanders knew this:
Denmark has a capitalistic system that ensures their citizen’s benefit first. They realize there’s no utility in having a country if the majority of their people are suffering. They don’t try to make a quick buck by screwing over their citizens as is emblematic in the US.
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23 Jan
Would you like to comment on the immigrants waving the India, South Korea, South Vietnam, and “Iranians for Trump” flags at the Capitol fiasco?
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