Nicole Shanahan, President Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 running mate, said Thursday that the H1-B visa program provides tech companies with “a lot of time off” for cheap labor, and that the visa holders He said the people were essentially “indentured servants” to the company. big technology.
The selection of Siriam Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has sparked widespread debate over the H1-B visa program. The program has been denounced by conservatives as an “abuse” and aimed at lowering workers' wages. white collar american.
Vivek Ramaswamy added to the controversy by claiming that America has “valued mediocrity more than excellence.”
Mr. Shanahan weighed in on the debate, saying the visa program is being abused as a corporate benefit by providing “hefty breaks” for cheap labor at big tech companies, and that these visa workers are being exploited by big tech companies to pay for their cheap labor. He emphasized that they were “indentured servants.”
A Rasmussen Report poll found that a majority of likely U.S. voters don't think we need more foreign H1-B visa workers to fill white-collar jobs.
Over the years, Breitbart News has reported on countless incidents in which white-collar Americans are fired and forced to train foreign replacements.
She's not an expert in the world of big tech. She is a fellow at Stanford Law School's CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and was once married to Sergey Brin, one of the two founders of Google.
“I take issue with some of the narrative I've read online today that suggests that a 'lazy American culture' is the primary driving force behind the need to continue the H-1B program. Let's be real. “It's predatory that technology companies are making huge profits on cheap labor at the expense of Americans' way of life,” Shanahan wrote.
She continued:
The system we've built with H-1B visas is that, whether we like it or not, people come here and work as essentially indentured servants for big tech companies, and here in the United States, we have a lot of people who are willing to do it. It motivates them to take on tough, demanding jobs that few do. With current suppressed salaries.
In return, if you excel at your job, you'll be put on the fast track to getting a green card. This means they will have legal status and the chance to bring their families together through chain migration.
Shanahan also challenged the idea that companies have to bring in countless H1-B visa holders because America has a culture of pursuing passion.
Bringing in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers to replace them with math-based jobs, just because our children have the “right” to pursue artistic dreams like music and painting. It doesn't mean you need to. The problem with this is twofold. This means that both education policy and immigration policy are broken. Instead of tackling these complex problems head-on, Big Tech monopolies and high-tech venture capital firms are searching for the quickest way to beat global competition and become industry giants. It paid off. Look at the insane valuations of these companies. I can't entirely blame them for this approach. This has been the industry standard for 40 years. But you can argue that they are looking for tough and durable solutions. No more temporary fixes.
Mr. Shanahan called for reforms to prevent abuses in U.S. immigration policy.
1. Immigration policy must be designed to protect the American way of life and workforce. The work permit program that Singapore designed in the 90s is built on this standard and could provide some good inspiration. They use modern designation systems to manage the influx of workers across different sectors. ⁃ Employers are required to pay a levy (basically a fee that an employer must pay for each foreign worker it hires. It increases the cost of hiring foreign workers and encourages companies to look for talent locally. (This is a method of controlling the number of foreign workers accepted.) ⁃ There is a dependency cap, essentially limiting the number of foreign workers based on the local workforce. This is important. ⁃ It imposes restrictions on the countries where workers can come. ⁃ To ensure balance, permits are diversified across industries.
2. Special Economic Zones are amazing and can change the job market for local engineers. Hiring locally will be critical to ensuring Americans can fill key roles in the tech industry and support their families.
“If we truly want to take America to heights not seen in generations, and if we want to do it and not just talk about it, then we must do the harm that has been done to the American people. We cannot continue to cling to outdated strategies. We owe it to ourselves and our communities to aim higher and do better.” Shanahan concluded.
Sean Moran is a policy reporter at Breitbart News. Follow him on X @SeanMoran3.
