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Should President Trump terminate the H-1B visa program? As an immigration attorney who advocates for an America-First approach—yes, I know how rare that is—I think Trump should do it for three reasons: 1. Displacement of American Workers The H1B program allows companies to lay off American workers and replace...

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In Trump ‘45, the President had a showdown with the Tennessee Valley Authority over 200 American jobs that TVA had switched to H1Bs. In the run-up to Christmas, TVA fired these 200 Americans - and had them train their foreign replacements on the way out. They did this despite the fact that TVA is (1) a government agency; (2) founded to improve the material station of poor Americans, and (3) manages critical energy infrastructure for a large swath of the country. My team and I proposed a plan to President Trump to reinstate the terminated American workers. Because the President of TVA cannot be fired by the President of the United States we thought President Trump should hold the TVA board members responsible - the highly-compensated decision-makers who had orchestrated the H1B worker swap. The President agreed. He started firing TVA board members one at a time, with a demand to reinstate the Americans to their jobs. It didn’t take long before the TVA president and the remaining Board members agreed to reinstate the American workers. At the time, some skeptical commentators said it was meaningless because it was “only” 200 jobs. But it was an important moment for two reasons. First, these 200 jobs mattered to 200 American families, especially with Christmas approaching. Second, it set an outer boundary for what short-term labor visas (which is ultimately what the H1B visa is) should NOT be used for: to replace competent American workers in a critical industry with temporary foreign visa workers just to save a buck. There is broad agreement on the right about what H1B visas - or any other visa - should NOT be used for. The TVA showdown is an example of that. Agreeing on this common understanding is the right starting place for this incoming administration.

Theo Wold

764,260 views • 1 year ago

Foreign workers replacing American workers are put in the uncomfortable position as the scapegoat for decisions made by tech companies: "The argument you hear from the high tech firms is that they can't find enough qualified American workers. Well, there are a lot of qualified American workers. But the companies will do better financially if they hire the foreign worker rather than the American." "The American workers are just as skilled as you are, perhaps even more skilled. Yes, that's true." Most of these global staffing firms are based in India. They've become multi-billion dollar enterprises, supplying American companies with H-1B workers like Rajesh to replace American workers. Rajesh said he was never told in India he'd be taking Americans jobs. Rajesh: "I have to take all of their knowledge and basically I have to steal it. That's my job description. The American workers lose their job and they also cry while leaving the job. They cry. They've been working there 20 years. And suddenly I've taken their job. If I lose a job, I can go back to India. But where can they go?" "You must know that when most native born Americans see this going on, they blame you." "But I'm not the enemy. The main villains are the Indian companies and their American corporate clients. They are exploiting us." No point in hating the players, hate the game. The tech companies are the 'contemptible' ones for replacing Americans with foreign workers purely for profit.

Eric Abbenante

56,693 views • 1 year ago