Critique of the H-1B Program in the Tech Industry
The H-1B program is criticized for displacing American workers with cheaper foreign labor, leading to less diversity in the tech industry, reduced innovation, and rising anger among the American middle class.
Key Points
- American professionals being systematically laid off and replaced by H-1B visa holders
- Nepotism-fueled displacement of American professionals by Indian and Chinese graduates
- Impact on federal science programs and the U.S. information technology industry
- Rising opposition to the inflow of white-collar migrants
Cons
- Displacement of American workers by cheaper H-1B visa holders
- Lack of diversity in the tech industry due to hiring practices favoring Indian and Chinese workers
- Reduction in technological innovation
- Rising anger in the American middle class
- Institutionalized racial and national discrimination