Sanders calls for H-1B visa reform: ‘Elon Musk is wrong’

H-1B visa program under fire: Senator Sanders blasts Elon Musk, says tech giants exploit H-1B program to replace US jobs

Senator Bernie Sanders slammed the H-1B visa program, claiming it replaces high-paying U.S. jobs with lower-wage foreign labor. He pointed to 85,000 American layoffs in 2022-23, while corporations hired 34,000 H-1B workers.

Bernie Sanders hits out at H-1B visa program for replacing American jobs with 'indentured servants'

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is taking aim at the controversial H-1B visa program, arguing that it replaces "good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad" — just as the program is at the center of a debate within the Republican Party."The main function of the H-1B visa program and other guest worker initiatives is not to hire ‘the best and the brightest,’ but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage ind…

How The H-1B Visa Debate Has United The Radical Left And Right In America

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has added to the already bubbling cauldron of the H-1B visa debate by accusing Elon Musk of supporting the visa programme solely because it provides cheaper labour, rather than more skilled workers. He added, "cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make". Sanders argued, "The main function of the H-1B visa programme is not to hire 'the best and the brightest,' but rather to replace good-paying…

Bernie Sanders has some thoughts on the MAGA civil war

The right’s debate over the H-1B visa program has exposed cracks in the MAGA world, ...

BEST OF THE WEB: The H-1B visa war exposes a deeply American problem

The Musk-Bannon bust-up shows US elites are still far from even understanding their country's real problems. To paraphrase the American film classic, 'The Big Lebowski', say what you will about Trumpism but at least it's neither united nor dull. US uber-oligarch Elon Musk, recently promoted to President-elect Donald Trump's "first buddy," has used his very own X platform to tell other Trump supporters to "take a big step back and F**K YOURSELF i…

Bernie Sanders is still wrong about immigration

As President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, many of his supporters have spent the last few weeks sparring with each other online over a federal visa program. This week, the U.S. Senate's most prominent socialist sided with the most far-right wing of the MAGA coalition. The H-1B program allows companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers in "specialty occupations"—most prominently, as engineers at tech companies. Qualifying pos…