Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) on Thursday criticized the government's H-1B outsourcing program, saying, “It's never cheaper for companies to hire guest workers from overseas than to hire American workers.'' “Don't do it,” he said.
Sanders is an old-school leftist, more focused on: economic redistribution Rather than the diversity and governance progressives that currently dominate the Democratic Party. he I wrote January 2nd:
Thirty years ago, economic elites and political establishments from both major parties worried about the loss of blue-collar manufacturing jobs as a result of disastrous free trade agreements such as NAFTA and Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. They told us it wasn't necessary. PNTR). They promised that these lost jobs would be more than offset by the many high-paying white-collar information technology jobs created in the United States.
Well, that turned out to be a big lie. Not only have companies exported millions of blue-collar manufacturing jobs to China, Mexico, and other low-wage countries, they are now importing hundreds of thousands of low-wage guest workers from overseas. Filling white-collar technology jobs. .
Sanders' list of changes overlaps with reforms that President Donald Trump implemented in his 2020 regulations.
Additionally, we should significantly raise the minimum wage for guest workers, make it easier for them to change jobs, and require companies to first hire American workers before hiring workers from overseas. . Widespread abuse of the H-1B program by corporations must stop.
Sanders' press release follows President Trump's tacit support for middle-class H-1B outsourcing, which investors desire. On December 31st, President Trump said:
I have always felt that this country needs the most talented people. We need talented people. We need smart people to come to this country. We need a lot of people coming in. Jobs like never before will be created.
President Trump's comments triggered harsh criticism From some of his supporters. Twitter account, your terrible ideaPosted:
I say this as someone who voted for Trump three times. If he or anyone in his administration increases H-1B in any way, shape, or form, my support is gone. It may not be worth anything to them at the moment, but many others feel the same way. We are tired of being betrayed after doing everything…
Other leftist defenders — here, here, here, hereand here — also shines a spotlight on the damage done to American college graduates by mass displacement throughout the white-collar economy.
But most of the elected Democrats agree that foreign college graduates are middle-class Americans who accept long hours, low pay, and workplace subordination in exchange for the dangling promise of government-issued green cards and citizenship. advocates replacing it.
Green cards are especially valuable to Indian immigrants, as they allow all of their descendants to obtain citizenship and live far from India's poverty and caste system.
Because Americans already have citizenship, they cannot compete for jobs given to H-1B visa workers.
Indian-born Rep. Shrine Thanedar (D-Mich.) wants more Indian voters to compete for jobs and housing.
California startup investors strongly support the H-1B program because they do not have to pay U.S. professionals for equity in startups.
Wall Street investors and CEOs and executives at Fortune 500 companies also benefit from lower H-1B salaries that increase stock prices and quarterly bonuses.
In 2020, Sanders was forced out of the Democratic primary after California's investor base backed Joe Biden. In 2015, Sanders said, “Open borders? That's what the Koch brothers are proposing.”
