A significant number of H-1B visa holders are average-grade labor that could be supplied domestically. Meanwhile, recent U.S. college students can’t find work in their field of study, and AI threatens to further disrupt the labor market. H-1B must be radically reformed.

There’s a lively debate on H-1Bs now, and at last something might get done. Watch the whole panel discussion on YouTube and read my upcoming report to get the whole picture. Some things don’t fit on X.

March 2016 story about H-1B guestworkers toiling at the US Department of Labor HQ. Likely still happening. The US Government is the largest customer of IT services. Maybe change procurement practices? https://t.co/wsYalJOAtA

This week I'll be speaking @Heritage on an H-1B panel Virtual and in-person options Wednesday 10:30am-noon ET. https://t.co/Ix1mtxEhiy

This is an important primer on the OPT STEM program. It provides a history of the program, its weaknesses, and how to fix it. 👇👇👇 https://t.co/5rx5wyLLub

Damning analysis of Amazon's layoffs and the role of H-1B visas in enabling them, from Ben Fong's logistics newsletter "On the Seams." Link in reply.

Tens of thousands of American workers have trained H-1B replacements @SenatorDurbin begged Abbott Labs CEO but it fell on deaf ears CEOs make $billions in easy profits Moral suasion cannot substitute for law change Must watch Abbott worker speaks in defiance of gag order 👇👇

Attorney that has worked on cases where H-1B visa holders have replaced American workers: “Thousands and thousands of American workers, and it’s not coming off of 5 years off the unemployment line. These are workers that have been working for decades in these companies who have

Prof. @RonHira warns that there are dozens of examples of U.S. workers being forced to train their H-1B replacements—a humiliating practice which ultimately serves corporations:

In 2016, Trump opposed H-1B visas and said they were "very, very bad for workers." Now, he is arguing that the U.S. needs to H-1B visas to bring in skilled foreign workers. What changed, and can H-1B visas put "America First"? Prof. @RonHira explains:

"Employers prefer the H-1B workers because they can both be legally paid less than American workers, and secondly, they're controllable, they're indentured to the employer." Prof. @RonHira explains how H-1B visas benefit employers and corporations, not American workers:

American training their lesser skilled H-1B guestworker replacements.

Tonight on System Update at 7pm ET: @ggreenwald and Prof. @RonHira on the outrage over Trump's H-1B visa plan. Then: @DropSiteNews' @MazMHussain on the latest Epstein revelations... https://t.co/UfaZyFFumk

American workers train H-1B guestworker replacements NOT vice versa So common H1B firms dub it "knowledge transfer" It's a science: videotape, record keystrokes MUST‼️ watch Senate testimony by Disney's Leo Perrero Trump campaigned with Leo in 2016 on H-1B abuse 👇👇👇

This is an important primer on the OPT STEM program. It provides a history of the program, its weaknesses, and how to fix it. 👇👇👇 https://t.co/5rx5wyLLub

OPT STEM is an unauthorized unregulated work permit masquerading as education No enforceable wage standards nor worker protections "Student" workers can be paid ZERO wages Bush & Obama hacked immigration law Corps get unlimited cheaper alternative to H-1B My Senate testimony

3 positions Certified by USDOL for $61k.

Firms hunt for ways to misclassify H-1Bs to pay less Top H1B recipient Deloitte calls SENIOR Consultant an Entry-Level job Hunts for obscure SOC for super low wages $61k for a Senior Consultant Comp Systems Engineer in Philly Project Firewall @SecretaryLCD @USCISJoe

Employers misclassify H-1Bs skill levels to pay less @USDOL never enforces @SecretaryLCD & @USCISJoe Project Firewall 82% of Microsoft's H1Bs Levels 1 or 2 👇👇 Microsoft calls 35yr old Astronautics PhD Entry Level = "internship" or "worker in training" Petition rubber stamped

Imagine of all the people here who complain about H-1B actually did something about it.