Nicole Shanahan: H1-B Visas a ‘Massive’ Cheap Labor Boon for Big Tech

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-28 03:12:05 | Updated at 2024-12-28 18:25:56 15 hours ago

Nicole Shanahan: H1-B Visas a ‘Massive’ Cheap Labor Boon for Big Tech
Breitbart ^ | 27 Dec 2024 | Sean Moran

Posted on 12/27/2024 7:01:53 PM PST by SoConPubbie

Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate in 2024, said on Thursday that the H1-B visa program delivers “massive breaks” for cheap labor for tech companies, and those with the visas are essentially “indentured servants” for big tech.

The selection of Siriam Krishnan as a senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has sparked a widespread debate over the H1-B visa program, which conservatives have railed as “abusive” and designed to undercut wages of white-collar Americans.

Vivek Ramaswamy further enflamed the controversy when he claimed that America “has venerated mediocrity over excellence.”

Shanahan weighed into the debate, stating emphatically that the visa program has been abused to serve as corporate welfare, as it delivers “massive breaks” for cheap labor for big tech, and that these visa workers are “indentured servants” for big tech companies.

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Breitbart News has long reported the countless incidents where white-collar Americans are laid off and forced to train their foreign replacements.

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She continued:

The system we’ve constructed with H-1B visas, whether we like it or not, incentivizes people to come here and serve as essentially indentured servants for Big Tech, taking on the tough, grueling jobs that few here in America are excited to perform at the current suppressed salaries.

In return, if you’re good at your job, you’re then put on a fast track to get a Green Card, which means legal status and the chance to bring your family over through chain migration.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: musk; trump; vivek

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1 posted on 12/27/2024 7:01:53 PM PST by SoConPubbie

To: SoConPubbie

Well, she didn’t get the memo.

The old Rat party used to give a crap about worker job security and rights.

The NEW, hysterically anti-White Rat party is all in for The Great Replacement.

C’mon, Nicole, get with the program! American workers are so yesterday.

2 posted on 12/27/2024 7:05:38 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)

To: All

Get rid of H1-B visas and after that we can move on to getting rid of those student visas too (or at least cut them back by a lot)

3 posted on 12/27/2024 7:07:47 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)

To: SoConPubbie

For 60 years we have done this, and it doesn’t matter if it is construction workers, machine shops, food plants or IT workers, someone needs to stop it.

4 posted on 12/27/2024 7:08:31 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))

To: Regulator

You left out the GOP composed of snakes like Romney, the Cheneys, McCain, the Bush Crime Family, Lindsey Graham, McConnell, Ryan, John Bohner, etc.

To: SoConPubbie

One of the problems with H1-Bs is that they don’t bring in the brightest and the best. H1-Bs are awarded by lottery, meaning merit is completely irrelevant. They get some good employees, but must of them are not.

6 posted on 12/27/2024 7:09:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)

To: SoConPubbie

Companies do realize that foreign resumes, especially from underdeveloped countries, are difficult to verify.

Sometimes the only way to verify is if there’s a licensing exam or a certification from an international trade organization.

7 posted on 12/27/2024 7:11:08 PM PST by packagingguy

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