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Trump administration cracks down H-1B visa abuse
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2018 Mar 30, 3:10pm 1,414 views 4 comments
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PanicanDemoralizer
2025 Jan 23, 7:31pm
PanicanDemoralizer
2025 Jan 23, 7:31pm
Why are outsourcing firms allowed at all? They have to work direct for the company. MS has to hire them direct from Mumbai, without "Cognizent" in the way.
The contracting firms are just away to help H1Bs get around the "30 days or leave" rule and insure Nabobs get a cut of profits
All of these are good first steps.
We still need the "Here are 5 qualified unemployed Americans. To obtain an H1B, write a 1000 word essay why each one was unqualfied and submit $1000 processing fee per rejection. Please note if the ask salary was within 15% of the prevailing wage, or they only lacked a fraction of the experience asked for (Ie 4 years of C++ instead of 5), it is not a qualifying rejection reason. "
Also, H1Bs are for a Skills Shortage, Not to facilitate shorter term contracts. Americans can sign short term contracts.
The contracting firms are just away to help H1Bs get around the "30 days or leave" rule and insure Nabobs get a cut of profits
All of these are good first steps.
We still need the "Here are 5 qualified unemployed Americans. To obtain an H1B, write a 1000 word essay why each one was unqualfied and submit $1000 processing fee per rejection. Please note if the ask salary was within 15% of the prevailing wage, or they only lacked a fraction of the experience asked for (Ie 4 years of C++ instead of 5), it is not a qualifying rejection reason. "
Also, H1Bs are for a Skills Shortage, Not to facilitate shorter term contracts. Americans can sign short term contracts.
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MolotovCocktail
2025 Jun 30, 2:44pm
MolotovCocktail
2025 Jun 30, 2:44pm
Birthright citizenship is not 'gone'. So I wonder if he's right about even half of this shit.
..but even if only half is true, that's good.
https://x.com/ChiefNiftyswell/status/1939404962053632060
..but even if only half is true, that's good.
Visa Worker Tide Turning!
• Birthright citizenship? Gone.
• Remittance tax? Coming.
• H‑1B approvals for 2026? Cut by 50,000.
But it doesn’t stop there...
• Visa overstays now trigger lifetime bans
• H‑1B visas revoked after 60+ days abroad... no official rule, just enforcement
• Palantir software now tracks visa holders in real time, linking travel, payroll, and DHS records
• Mandatory 30‑day registration rule now active
• Student and visitor visas paused, revoked, or delayed
• 19 countries blocked from new visas over overstay rates
Applicants are panicking. Students are backing out. Visa holders are racing home. Staffing firms are losing leverage.
And Americans? They're not just exposing the system anymore…
• They're applying to PERM jobs en masse - crashing fake job filters
• They're documenting fraud, flooding forums with screenshots
• And they’re confronting the globalist politicians who sold them out - in town halls, in comment sections, and in primaries
This isn’t just a policy shift. It’s a revolt.
The foreign labor pipeline is cracking.
And finally… it’s cracking in America’s favor
https://x.com/ChiefNiftyswell/status/1939404962053632060
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Fortwaye
2025 Jun 30, 5:31pm
AmericanKulakMaximumTrumper says
That one i’ve seen a lot when i worked in manufacturing. you own a factory, you want cheap illegal labor. can’t hire them. but a loophole, you use an agency to hire for you. legally you are not at fault that some run of the mill hired illegals. it’s legal cover. that practice is widespread.
there’s always some mexican running agencies that hire illegals for their clients. seen that everywhere. and that Indian stuff you talking about, it sounds all same.
Why are outsourcing firms allowed at all? They have to work direct for the company.
That one i’ve seen a lot when i worked in manufacturing. you own a factory, you want cheap illegal labor. can’t hire them. but a loophole, you use an agency to hire for you. legally you are not at fault that some run of the mill hired illegals. it’s legal cover. that practice is widespread.
there’s always some mexican running agencies that hire illegals for their clients. seen that everywhere. and that Indian stuff you talking about, it sounds all same.
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MolotovCocktail
2025 Jun 30, 9:59pm
MolotovCocktail
2025 Jun 30, 9:59pm
Fortwaye says
Ditto for open discrimination against white males for DEI. The employer says to the recruiter, "we want more diversity' and the agency openly discriminates on candidates for them. Because they are not doing the actual hiring, they legally get away with it.
but a loophole, you use an agency to hire for you. legally you are not at fault that some run of the mill hired illegals. it’s legal cover. that practice is widespread.
Ditto for open discrimination against white males for DEI. The employer says to the recruiter, "we want more diversity' and the agency openly discriminates on candidates for them. Because they are not doing the actual hiring, they legally get away with it.
Some staffing agencies seek hard-to-get H-1B visas for high-skilled workers, only to contract them out to other companies. There's nothing inherently illegal about contracting out visa recipients, but the workers are supposed to maintain a relationship with their employers, among other requirements.
In some cases, outsourcing firms flood the system with applicants. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency said in a new policy memo released Thursday it will require more information about H-1B workers' employment to ensure the workers are doing what they were hired for.
Companies will have to provide specific work assignments, including dates and locations, to verify the "employer-employee" relationship between the company applying for an H-1B and its visa recipient.
H-1B visas are valid for three years and can be renewed for another three years. It is a visa that is near and dear to the tech community, with many engineers vying for one of the program's 85,000 visas each year. (20,000 of that quota are reserved for advanced degree holders.) Demand for the visa often exceeds the supply -- in that case, a lottery system is activated.
"Since there is a limited number of H-1B visas it is important that those visa workers go where they are legitimately needed," attorney Sara Blackwell told CNN. Blackwell advocates for American workers replaced by foreigner visa holders.
The government's crackdown is in line with Trump's direction to federal agencies to implement a "Buy American, Hire American" strategy. The administration proposed new rules and guidance for preventing fraud and abuse of work visas -- particularly the H-1B program.
The USCIS says it may limit the length of the visa to shorter than three years based the information an employer provides. For example, if an employer can't prove the H-1B holder is "more likely than not" needed for the full three years, the government might issue the visa for fewer than three years.
The memo also says the administration wants to prevent employee "benching." That's when firms bring on H-1B visa holders but don't give them work and don't pay them the required wages while they wait for jobs. Most projects don't need foreign workers for the full term, according to Monty Hamilton, CEO of IT contractor Rural Sourcing.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/23/technology/h1b-visa-abuse/index.html