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@joshishiv1848
January 4, 2025 at 1:04 pm
This is so sad. Your guest is from a law firm that specializes in getting H1B visa slaves for large American Corporations. They are probably like others and train HR groups to fabricate the need for a H1B visa. The game goes like this – advertise for a programming/IT god way in excess of what is needed, don’t find them, get a H1B visa for that job listing, then hire somebody for a low salary that does a more realistic job that any number of US citizens could do. You also get to treat them like trash to boot since they can’t change employers. Of course the H1B visa holder can’t meet those requirements either but no one will ever check. This is about getting cheap employees that can be worked like animals and if they don’t preform as demanded they get shipped out of this country. Everyone in IT know that this is a modern day form of slavery – some call it techno serfdom. The program needs to be ended once and for all.
@capsitan
January 4, 2025 at 4:12 pm
The equivalent salary for a citizen would probably be around 200k
@learnanythingforfree2131
January 4, 2025 at 5:14 pm
I am on H1B. I work as a technical project manager in niche skill. I get 160K with all the incentives and perks. Now call me a cheap labor!
@joshishiv1848
January 4, 2025 at 5:44 pm
@@learnanythingforfree2131 that is cheap
@charlesjolly5169
January 4, 2025 at 1:06 pm
Best and brightest my asteroid.You are complete liars and your stats are fabricating and full of it.H1b includes welders, janitors, cooks, etc etc
@Nina-eo8vp
January 4, 2025 at 1:07 pm
The lady is wrong. Brightest & best 😂. Lady, how many of those H1B are from IIT . Check out the colleges they get their degrees from. She’s another of those greedy 3 layer H1B employers. while some H1B are exceptional, most are cheap labor cybercoolies
The best that come are servile because it takes forever for them to get their green cards. and have to live in fear of layoffs and going back. They too get abused by the system .
The H1B system is a mess . Can it be revamped to let in the ” brightest and the best ” ? Only Trump can do it. Will Trump have the guts to take on the tech bigwigs who profit out of this? Can he withstand pressure from the infosys /TCS/cognizant lobbyists, the greedy immigration lawyers ? If he does, we will MAGA
@Hps-vy8qk
January 4, 2025 at 1:57 pm
Lady is talking total crap, YES H1b crap plays a very critical role in saving the corporation $$$$$$$$$$$ and you have a set of workers who are held hostage by these companies and they work like slaves odd hours and minimum 10-12 hrs / day. Anyone will be happy with such a setting. Have 50+ years experience in this industry and have worked with the so called experts on hands down basis, 90% of these guys are mediocre or as good as citizens. So 10% of them are above average so h1b quota should be for highly talented and no more than 15-20000/years else one day kids,,, of these h1b’s will grow and will face the same challenges American citizens are facing now. H1B is a total FARCE
@cnfusd
January 4, 2025 at 1:58 pm
Lower cost H1B employees! That’s what these companies need 💰💰💰
@AnoNymous-i1o
January 4, 2025 at 3:03 pm
if you found a lower cost H1B, then you can take them to court. why havent you done so ?
@johnsreyer9409
January 4, 2025 at 2:04 pm
Not all H1B visa holders possess the exceptional skills the program was designed to attract; a significant portion—up to 85%—fall short of this standard. Many are underpaid, with salaries below the mandated minimum, revealing widespread non-compliance. Numerous H1B holders remain “on the bench,” unemployed in their roles, yet more continue to arrive, often displacing American workers. The system’s oversight during visa extensions or green card processing is weak, relying on pay stubs that are frequently manipulated to show compliance. These issues expose systemic flaws, undermining the program’s intent and disconnecting policy goals and actual implementation. Officials can’t support or develop policies that they can’t implement genuinely! Funny how ‘America First’ doesn’t include real Americans, and anyone who calls out the hypocrisy is branded a racist or anti-progress and anti-talent. We cannot expect corporate greed and leaders backed by lobbyists to prioritize the nation and Americans over their profits. If H1B visa holders are assumed to be the best in every field, they should also be encouraged to participate in politics. Their fresh perspectives could bring meaningful change and replace seasoned politicians who seem increasingly disconnected from the realities on the ground. #AmericaNeeds_H1B_Politicians
@johnsreyer9409
January 4, 2025 at 2:05 pm
How IT Jobs Works in the USA: In India, most states provide free or highly subsidized engineering education to their youth, with annual fees as low as $1,000. Additionally, local governments have granted numerous institutions the status of deemed universities, leading to an oversaturation of engineering colleges and universities. To illustrate, a single city might host hundreds of engineering colleges, many of which are now closing due to a lack of students.
Most of these institutions, apart from a select few reputable ones, operate with insufficient funding. They struggle to hire qualified lecturers and lack adequate laboratories for practical training and research. As a result, these colleges often produce underqualified engineers.
The Role of IT Staffing Agencies: These subpar engineers are typically recruited by IT staffing agencies, colloquially known as “body shoppers.” These agencies secure contracts with IT vendors who, in turn, have partnerships with small to mid-sized IT firms in the United States. These vendors act as “preferred IT vendors” and undertake IT projects on fixed-price contracts or retainer models.
The Lifecycle of the Process:
1. Initial Recruitment: Underqualified engineers are hired by staffing agencies and placed on these projects. Over time, they gain experience and control over their assignments.
2. Transition to Direct Employment: After a few years, client companies will offer many of these engineers full-time roles. Leveraging their new positions, they bring in additional personnel from their original vendors, earning significant commissions for each contractor they help onboard.
3. Team Replacement: Within a year, the project team often transitions to a mix of offshore and onsite personnel, effectively replacing American workers.
Exploiting Loopholes in the System:
• Low Initial Pay with Incentives: H1B workers are initially paid modest salaries but are gradually rewarded through commissions for onboarding more contractors from their vendors.
• Information Leakage: Project details and proprietary information are frequently shared with vendors and sub-vendors. This ensures new H1B candidates are well-prepared, even for technical interviews, which are often reduced to mere formalities.
• Exclusive Hiring Practices: Preferred vendors prioritize H1B candidates over American workers, often entirely excluding the latter from the recruitment process.
The Bigger Picture:
The system disproportionately favors H1B workers over American professionals. While prominent figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy talk about how 10 to 15% of H1B holders are highly skilled and genuine, the remaining 85% exploit the system through these practices.
For many Americans, this is an unwinnable race. They are sidelined by preferred IT vendors who control the hiring process, leaving them with little opportunity to compete in this deeply entrenched game.
@AnoNymous-i1o
January 4, 2025 at 3:26 pm
85% number is bull. Among the top ten applicants: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Apple, IBM (from uscis site). All these are American companies. If what you say is true, shouldnt Indian companies be at top 10, completing hogging the system ? America is walking on thin ice. Kill H1B, the jobs will be permanently shipped to India. If your only sales pitch to get hired is “I’m American”, then good luck for you. Will you say something like “I make plastic products, buy mine at 10X price instead of the ones made in China” ?. That industry is dead. If anything H1Bs are keeping the jobs inside America. For Google,Facebook,Microsoft India is their #1 user. Amazon & Apple’s businesses in India are skyrocketing. They have incentive to completely move all their development to India close to their customers & keep only the exceptional PhDs in the USA (which in the hundreds). So be careful for what you wish for. It might come true.
@gaspybapinga5291
January 4, 2025 at 2:08 pm
This woman should be replaced by an H1B visa, ans let see how she likes it
@Joe-n4q
January 4, 2025 at 2:19 pm
People are not interchangeable economic units
@capsitan
January 4, 2025 at 4:13 pm
❤
@srinib73
January 4, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Average H1B earns 120k which is 2.5 times of US national average, I don’t know how these people still call these cheap labor. On top of the pay, companies pay 20-25K USCIS Fee, Lawyer fee for every 2/3 years for candidates immigration, most of these H1Bs from Asia spend 3-5K annually on flying back and forth, a whole economy is created, instead of concentrating on illegal migration at the border which is draining the economy, some people busy killing the golden goose 😂
@nb6525
January 4, 2025 at 3:22 pm
Suddenly 20-30 million permanent illegals are fine, but 60k legal temp workers are the problem 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@Phlegethon
January 4, 2025 at 3:43 pm
Because they’re not competing with McDonald’s fryer boys or your unemployed grifter
@RK-bw8tu
January 4, 2025 at 3:28 pm
Both H1-B visa and green card process needs to be amended. People from India has to be on H1-B visa for long time since the green card waiting time for Indian is quite high (for India, waiting time could be 20 years whereas other country has to wait for 2-3 years for the same skill). Therefore people from India on H1-B visa has to be on mercy of company to stay in this country. These cause exploitation of H1-B folks from India.
As far as salary is concerned, the H1-B requires LCA certification from DOL which ensures the salary is not less for the position/skill/location, therefore if they are underpaid I assume DOL needs to revise the salary requirement.
@gumkamaami
January 4, 2025 at 3:30 pm
@RK-bw8tu DOL is also taking lot of time to properly include inflation changes…..
@RK-bw8tu
January 4, 2025 at 3:32 pm
Also if someone think company should hire american only, these will cause company to reallocate to the country of talent. Therefore one should look at the possibilities of fixing the loophole rather than shutting down the program.
Also this H1-B issue reflects the hatred (racism) towards Indian in American society. If the discussion was only pivoted to H1-B, it would have been fine.
Also who is the real American?
@billbill9533
January 4, 2025 at 3:56 pm
I think it’s really fun people act like those who don’t like this “aren’t looking at the data.” We’ve had Biden for the last 4 years and they just showed that h-1b visas were significantly lower during that period, so maybe, just maybe, the salaries for h-1b visas over the last 4 years might be different compared to the next 4. I don’t care about either side politically, but if y’all are gonna sit there and argue about data make sure you use accurate comparisons to prove your point. God
@techyinno
January 4, 2025 at 5:15 pm
For the techy people
@brownhunk007
January 4, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Just look at Canadas immigration picture.
@dss5295
January 4, 2025 at 5:29 pm
People are just overcomplicating the issue. There should be a simple cap on foreign employees per company as a percentage of their total employees. 10-20pc is maybe fair. The issue is india based firms like Tcs, infosys, cognizant have majority of their US workforce coming from India on H1Bs. That simply shouldnt be allowed. If you want to operate in US, hire 80-90pc US citizens otherwise leave.
@cececooke7684
January 4, 2025 at 5:52 pm
Use the Prison Industrial Complex system instead of H1B. Capitalist will always find a way to exploit humans
@CMVeal
January 4, 2025 at 5:59 pm
The tech industry laid off 150,000 workers in 2024, 200,000 in 2023, and 93,000 in 2022. Many of those workers still need new jobs. The H1-B program makes it harder for American tech workers to get American tech jobs. The H1-B program enables tech companies to replace highly productive, highly trained American tech workers with cheaper foreign labor.
@Maher.UNT600
January 4, 2025 at 8:47 pm
100% true. I am Recent CS grad got my degree May 2024 and its 2025 now have applied more than 500 job applications. No job yet.
@oldschooloakland
January 4, 2025 at 10:03 pm
@@Maher.UNT600congratulations you played yourself
@Maher.UNT600
January 4, 2025 at 11:09 pm
@@oldschooloakland i got 30k loan that i started to pay with interest. 😓
@samar13
January 4, 2025 at 11:52 pm
A big percentage of those layoffs were H1B workers
@luisfernando5998
January 5, 2025 at 10:44 am
But those 150k American workers were of terrible quality and lazy
@ad9804-n9k
January 4, 2025 at 6:11 pm
Infosys,TCS and the other IT services companies which file H1Bs are the real scammers here. These companies usually outsource High Paid IT development jobs and outsource them to other low labour countries like Philipines and India for a much lesser cost. In the process, usually a highly paid American worker is fired and a person from outside is brought in at a much lower cost. These scam IT service companies usually take projects from American companies and outsource them to low labour cost countries. These scammers usually take a major cut of the H1B employee’s salary as well. Thats how they make their money and its in their interest to send these employees from India to the states because of the higher amount of cut money they will get when the employee starts earning in dollars(a higher value currency) compared to rupees. Its essentially a sophisticated slave trade.
The solution as far as I can think is it to increase the wage level for these particular types of companies and make them match the salary of an American worker, which will make them think if they really want to send a employee on H1B visa to the states.
@belizarius_997
January 4, 2025 at 6:36 pm
“The best and brightest”, right.
@Sam-r1g
January 4, 2025 at 6:46 pm
Vivek is 100% correct in his analysis !! Its not the H1b Visa issue, it is the C-word “Culture” issue. You can train American as much as you want but they fall back to laid back life, rather than upgrading the level, which is why H1b is a machine that keep the forward momentum and so it wont be stopped.
I personally thing, this is the ONLY Immigration that is beneficial to America !!
@x-men69-96
January 4, 2025 at 7:07 pm
H1B is needed, but only for the brightest, not for Indian to get green cards. Go after the companies who abuse the system.
@freecoder522
January 5, 2025 at 2:56 am
Indians work there , work for the companies , be the part of the team.
And even Indian Americans donot become burden on the USA , they are 1% of the population and pay 6 % of the taxes .
How can you unrecognize that ?
Literally they are paying 6 times more taxes than average American .
@x-men69-96
January 5, 2025 at 7:44 am
@ Are you kidding me? They are paying the same taxes as everyone else and they don’t need to pay SSN either. Indian Americans vs Indian from India are 2 different groups of people
@ThoriumBorium
January 5, 2025 at 11:49 am
@@freecoder522don’t care. You’re not wanted here if you weren’t born here.
@MrNorris121
January 4, 2025 at 7:21 pm
Its not what I voted for, Keep American Jobs for American People. MAKE America Great Again . We have the people.
@tellsparck
January 4, 2025 at 11:31 pm
If there are enough American engineers, they would be hired. H1B visas exists because there is a shortage of qualified people. America reaps a huge economic dividend from so many qualified people working here. Most of the MAGA QAnon cultists cannot put two sentences in English together, let alone code.
@neerajs.kholiya3934
January 5, 2025 at 5:51 am
Americans are slow😂
@GrandChessboard
January 5, 2025 at 11:44 am
Trump, Elon and Vivek don’t care one bit about Americans.
@matt_milack
January 5, 2025 at 12:25 pm
Oh, when it comes to you, than it’s not about free market and meritocracy?
@WealthyChronicle
January 4, 2025 at 7:56 pm
I had no idea that H-1B visa fees fund training for American workers. Why isn’t this talked about more often? 🤔
@Healing.Tortruer
January 4, 2025 at 8:27 pm
It sounds like it is being abused and exploited the more I learn about it.
@vickyverma6852
January 5, 2025 at 8:46 am
That simply means you are not leaning from the right sources.
@Healing.Tortruer
January 5, 2025 at 9:02 am
@ So who do you consider to be the right source?
@Quilt4Joy
January 4, 2025 at 10:49 pm
MAGA stop the steal of American jobs!
@neerajs.kholiya3934
January 5, 2025 at 12:24 am
Americans are slow ❤
@ashfaqueazad3897
January 5, 2025 at 7:34 am
So people are ignoring the elephant in the room. Capitalism needs workers, if they aren’t allowed in the country, they’ll simply outsource the jobs. Capitalists won’t think of the welfare of the countrymen over profits.
@MK-lm8te
January 5, 2025 at 8:33 am
It should have never been created. Scrap it ASAP and focus on prioritizing American citizens.
@vickyverma6852
January 5, 2025 at 8:48 am
American Jobs for Americans
Make all H-1Bs American citizens
Problem solved
win-win
Congrats
go home now
@ajaynair2636
January 5, 2025 at 9:40 am
H1-B visa is a total scam. Only 5% are really good. Remaining 95% are below average. I came on H1-B 31 years ago and know how companies misuse them. I hope the Trump administration fixes the loop hole. If you get someone on H1-B, their starting salary can’t be below $150,000 or else American citizens will lose this race.
@sayantabarman8200
January 5, 2025 at 1:13 pm
Not everyone is in tech! A civil engg/mechanical engg when gets 150k can be compared to someone making 300k in tech, based on difficulty. It depends how much an industry makes, their profit margin varies hugely, and that does not mean we do not need skilled civil engineers. In some respect, you need more skilled civil/mechanical engineers than someone who is moving data from one system to another and finding ways to make it smoother.
@GeminAiDreams
January 5, 2025 at 10:34 am
Classic American corporations… They do everything to profit off of America while giving nothing back….. They don’t even pay taxes✋️✋️✋️
@luisfernando5998
January 5, 2025 at 10:47 am
The difference between quality of H1B and American workers is clear from companies like Boeing …… unless you want American technology to fail like planes falling out the sky Americans should be competing with high tech and highly skilled H1Bs
@matt_milack
January 5, 2025 at 12:22 pm
I’m a Linux sysadmin from Eastern Europe. I would be mad happy to work as one for $15 per hour. And trust me, I can do the job very well. So, dear Americans, think about that.
@arvindpalep6372
January 5, 2025 at 1:52 pm
Here is a fact that most of you guys are not discussing. If all H1B’s are just cheap labor then why do most of these H1B visa holders become silicon Valley startups or become CEO’s of major companies. And most of them are Indian who were H1b visa holders. You think Elon musk just hires cheap labor to work at the most advanced Rocket company in the world? This level of engineering is way over everyone’s head. And he has a giant H1B workforce. Even his CTO is Indian. Silicon Valley has a lot of respect for Indians because they helped create with Silicon Valley is today. From Intel and its early days to every other company you name it. Sam Hyde has a really crappy argument against this. China doesn’t need Indians because they have their own in-house talent and plenty of them. They don’t have a brain drain because they never have to leave. This is one man spewing zero facts based on what he thinks not on facts..
This is the real reason they want Indians in the country. And its not for cheap labor. It just makes business sense. And Trump knows this, so do Elon, And Vivek. Here are some facts:
Indians are worth more than their weight in gold to Americas Economy. The Are only 1% of the population. Indians aren’t taking jobs they are creating them.
Here are the statistics and impact of jobs created by Indians living in the USA:
1. Indian-American Entrepreneurs
• Indian-Americans have founded or co-founded over 25% of startups in Silicon Valley, contributing significantly to job creation.
• A 2022 study estimated that Indian-origin entrepreneurs in the U.S. generated over 1.6 million jobs through their businesses.
2. Indian-Owned Companies
• A 2020 report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) highlighted that 155 Indian companies operating in the U.S. directly created 125,000 jobs in various sectors like IT, healthcare, and manufacturing.
3. Small and Medium Enterprises
• Indian Americans own over 40% of the U.S. hotel industry, employing hundreds of thousands in the hospitality sector.
• Small businesses, including gas stations, grocery stores, and restaurants, add to local employment across states.
4. High-Tech Jobs
• Indian immigrants hold key roles in technology companies, with many in executive leadership positions that result in significant U.S. job growth.
• Examples:
• Satya Nadella at Microsoft, employing over 220,000 people.
• Sundar Pichai at Google, with over 170,000 employees worldwide, many in the U.S.
5. Broader Impact
• Indian-Americans account for less than 1% of the U.S. population but are responsible for creating or supporting millions of jobs across industries.
These statistics underscore the significant contribution of the Indian diaspora to the U.S. economy through entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation.
@prajwalkb539
January 5, 2025 at 2:23 pm
Ban H1B, Let all Indian Workers go back to their country – (Get employment in the same American company in India). – Pay taxes to India – Basically the Job roles will be moved to India.
Anyway USA cannot compete with Chinese innovation by their US born workforce.
@CypressVintage
January 5, 2025 at 4:06 pm
This is all a diversion from Healthcare and health insurance problems to point fingers at successful immigrants. American media clowns 🤡 🤣 😅
@montanaprime
January 5, 2025 at 4:46 pm
😂
@timtatum1
January 5, 2025 at 5:18 pm
They aren’t the best and brightest. They’re the least expensive.
@plexaccount6452
January 5, 2025 at 7:12 pm
Elon Musk, Satya Nadela and Sunder Pichai were all H1B hires. Don’t we want more of those to keep America competitive? MAGA
@plexaccount6452
January 5, 2025 at 7:07 pm
Companies are paying the government to fund education for Americans as part of the fees paid to getting an H1B VISA. What is the government doing with this money? What is the current status of Americans in training for the jobs for which H1Bs were hired? Why isn’t the ignorant media asking these questions?
@vondernacht
January 5, 2025 at 8:18 pm
Disgusting. Trump, you failed America.