The main function of the H-1B visa program is not to hire “the best and the brightest,” but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad.
The cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make. pic.twitter.com/Mwz7i9TcSM
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 2, 2025
Sanders, who has long argued for raising wages for workers in the U.S., criticized the wealthy tech entrepreneur’s elevation of the foreign visa system, arguing that it further enriches a handful of the nation’s richest people.
“Elon Musk is wrong,” the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist wrote in a statement released on Thursday, which he promoted on Musk’s platform, X.
“The main function of the H-1B visa program is not to hire ‘the best and the brightest,’ but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad,” he wrote. “The cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make.”
[…] “If there is really a shortage of skilled tech workers in America, why did Tesla lay-off over 7,500 American workers this year — including many software developers and engineers at its factory in Austin, Texas — while being approved to employ thousands of H-1B guest workers?” he continued.
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