Donald Trump stepped back from previous statements critical of a massive expansion in H1-B visas during the Republican debate yesterday. Trump was asked, “You have been very critical of Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, who has wanted to increase the number of these H-1Bs –.” He cut in to say he was “not at all” critical […]
You “R” Fired! Toy Company Dumps US Workers for Foreign Replacements
A New York Times expose shows exactly how a corporate giant abuses freely available temporary H1-B visas to outsource good-paying jobs. For four weeks this spring, a young woman from India on a temporary visa sat elbow to elbow with an American accountant in a snug cubicle at the headquarters of Toys “R” Us here. […]
New York Times Finally Notices Immigrant Workers Taking Good American Jobs
“All the News that’s Fit to Print . . . Eventually” should be the new slogan of the mainstream media New York Times as they finally noticed the rash of high tech jobs being taken from American workers and handed to foreign workers through the H1-B visa program. Readers here already knew about how Disney […]
No Magic Kingdom for American IT Workers at Disney
The happiest place on Earth wasn’t for hundreds of American IT workers who were unceremoniously laid-off and many were forced to train foreign replacements during a recent shakeup at Disney HQ. Disney bigwigs claim the layoffs were simply part of a corporate restructuring but former Disney employees tell a much different tale. From the perspective […]
Study Shows Middle Class Incomes Crushed by Immigration
A new Congressional Research Service study shows middle class wages have dropped below 1970’s levels as immigration levels rose. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service report studied immigration and middle class income from 1945-2013 and found that as immigration slowed between 1945 and 1970, American incomes increased. But when immigration expanded, the incomes of the bottom […]
Senate Scrutiny for Laid-Off Workers Forced to Train Foreign Replacements
A bi-partisan group of U.S. Senators is demanding an investigation of Southern California Edison’s use of foreign workers on H1-B visas to replace American tech workers. According to several former SoCal Edison workers, the company fired them and replaced them with contractors from foreign countries. They claimed to receive severance, SoCal Edison forced them to train […]