Big Tech
firms like Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and others are often touted as US
entrepreneurial success stories. It is
strange, then, that they have such an aversion for hiring natural-born citizens
of the States to work for them.
Even the
most MAGA-supporting of them, Elon Musk’s Tesla, is eager to hire cheaper
foreign workers using H-1B visas:
‘It’s no
secret that Elon Musk is a big fan of the H-1B program, which puts him at odds
with the core principles of the America First movement. Don’t get us
wrong—we’re incredibly grateful for everything Elon has done to support Trump
and fight for free speech. He’s made some amazing contributions, and we’re not
taking anything away from that. But we can’t just gloss over the fact that
hiring foreign workers over Americans is a real issue. To ignore it would fly
in the face of everything America First stands for.
‘The fire
started when Amanda Louise, an America First advocate, called out Musk and
Tesla when she happened upon several job listings for the company in a
newspaper. She suggested that Elon was “hiding” these jobs from Americans, so
they could hire more foreign workers. .
. .
‘Elon Musk
has done incredible things for innovation and free speech, but his support and
use of the H-1B program don’t exactly line up with the America First agenda.
Let’s be honest—prioritizing foreign workers over Americans is the kind of
globalist mentality that got us into this mess in the first place. If Elon
truly wants to be a champion of the American spirit, he should embrace every
part of the America First movement, especially foundational issues like hiring
American workers’ (‘Did Tesla hide job listings in newspapers so they can hire
H-1B visa workers?’, revolver.news)
Some
statistics from various Big Tech firms confirm their disdain for the citizens
of the US:
‘Employers
are using H-1B visas to hire foreign workers at significantly lower wages,
displacing qualified U.S. workers. Recent statistics show that while mass
layoffs have disproportionately impacted American-born workers, foreign workers
continue to be hired, undermining job opportunities for U.S. citizens. In 2022,
65% of H-1B visas went to computer occupations, specifically, the tech
industry.
‘From 2022
to 2024, the tech industry saw more than 569,000 layoffs across major companies
like Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce. Many of these layoffs
were attributed to economic downturns, restructuring, or overhiring. However,
despite these layoffs, these same companies continued to submit thousands of
H-1B petitions, effectively replacing U.S. workers with foreign labor.
‘Amazon:
Laid off 27,000 workers globally in 2023 but continued to file H-1B petitions,
bringing in additional foreign workers through outsourcing firms like Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS) and Infosys.
‘Alphabet
(Google): Despite laying off 12,000 employees in 2023, Alphabet filed more than
6,000 H-1B petitions, continuing to bring in foreign workers even as more U.S.
workers were displaced.
‘Meta
(Facebook): Laid off 21,000 workers between 2022 and 2023 but continued to file
new H-1B petitions and to increase its reliance on foreign labor through the
H-1B program.
‘ . . .
Companies are exploiting the PERM [Program Electronic Review Management—W.G.] process
by using fraudulent recruitment practices to bypass U.S. workers and hire
foreign labor for permanent positions. This abuse results in the exclusion of American
workers from jobs they are qualified for.
‘Several
major legal cases have revealed how companies exploit the PERM process to
bypass U.S. workers: Facebook settled with the DOJ for $14.25 million after
being accused of systematically excluding U.S. workers from jobs reserved for
foreign nationals under the PERM process. This case set a significant
precedent, demonstrating how employers manipulate the system to favor foreign
workers over Americans.
‘Infosys
paid $34 million to settle claims of visa fraud, which included filing false
job descriptions and misclassifying foreign workers to bypass recruitment requirements.
The settlement revealed systemic abuse of both the H-1B and PERM programs,
further underscoring the need for stricter enforcement’ (Institute for Sound
Public Policy, A Call to Protect American Workers: The Need for
Non-Immmigrant Visa Reform, pgs. 2-5; report available at
instituteforsoundpublicpolicy.org/petition/).
One will
note that Meta/Facebook figures prominently in the H-1B visa abuses and others. This should give pause to everyone cheering
the Meta AI data center announced for Richland Parish. The narrative being presented to folks in
Northeast Louisiana (NELa) is that this center will provide high-paying jobs
for lots of people now living in the area.
Given the foregoing, it is more likely that only a few natives of
Richland and surrounding parishes will be hired by Meta for positions at the
data center, while the bulk of the jobs go to foreign workers brought in on
visas.
And this
injustice begets another: the
destruction of the conservative culture of NELa. Generally speaking, workers from abroad who
settle in the US lean Left politically:
. . .
The rest is
at https://thehayride.com/2024/12/garlington-meta-wont-be-hiring-many-richlanders-for-its-ai-center/.
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sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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