Thread by @RonHira

Report breaks new ground in uncovering H-1B fraud and offers realistic ways for @USDOL & @TheJusticeDept to stop it

epi.org/publication/ne…

New:
- insiders playbook for cheating #H1B
- uncovers systematic violations of _Actual Wage_ law
- @USDOL doesn't enforce Actual Wage
- workers treated differently based on immigration status (hello @TheJusticeDept)
- @USDOL & @TheJusticeDept can clean up system by enforcing law

@USDOL’s mismanagement:
- allows firms to steal $billions H-1B wages
- undercuts wages, working conditions and bargaining power for all IT workers
- promotes IT labor market fissuring
- removes incentives to invest in workforce development
- cuts key pathway to middle class

Promotes Offshoring by lowering costs for IT outsourcers like HCL that ship US jobs to low-cost countries

@WaltDisneyCo & @UCSF opt to outsource in-house IT only because @USDOL allows HCL to underpay its H-1B workers
@60Minutes US workers being replaced by HCL H-1B workers

@SenatorDurbin and @ChuckGrassley have pushed for H-1B visa reform for 15 years
Opposed by Big Tech & Banks profiting from H-1B exploitation

HCL’s benchmark competitors are mass H-1B users
Underpaying H-1Bs is industry-wide practice - firms mimic successful business models

What to do?
- @USDOL and @TheJusticeDept must conduct a sweeping investigation into mass H-1B employers
- mete out significant penalties to deter future lawbreaking
- recover back pay for the tens of thousands of H-1B workers
- enforce laws including Actual Wage