Reports are making the rounds that Tesla replaced laid off American workers with foreign workers. Musk used the H-1b visa program which is attractive to employers.
Electrek reports that according to some current and former Tesla employees, as well as data from the U.S. Department of Labor, the company has significantly increased its use of H-1B visas to fill positions left vacant by the layoffs of approximately 15,000 U.S. workers in April 2024. The layoffs affected every department but were particularly concentrated in Tesla’s operations in Texas and California, where the company has the largest number of employees.
Electrek continued, saying this is backed up by US Department of Labor data, which show that Tesla requested over 2,000 H-1B visas during the time it was laying off US workers.
Electrek made note of the cap, but there are serious questions about whether the caps are circumvented.
Significant numbers of Trump supporters reject the abused H-1b visa program, and pushed back on Musk’s push for H-1b visas.
A reporter asked Donald Trump about it last night, and the President-Elect said he supports the program and always did. He didn’t explain being on tape several years back saying he didn’t support it.
Meanwhile, Elon dismissed people who object with vulgarities though he did say the program needed reform and he was only speaking about recruiting the 1%ers.
Elon and Vivek are supposed to be looking for government waste, not pushing policy.
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Can someone knowledgeable of these things please tell me what part of MAGA this fits in with? Inquiring minds want to know.
I like Musk and Ramaswamy but their push to expand the H-1B and probably H-2B visa programs is a back door way to destroy our unique American culture and traditions. I also see this as greed in enhancing their business interests with cheap foreign labor pushing out Americans and is no better than those corporations sourcing their products from 3rd world countries where labor is cheap and closing down American manufacturing. J. Edgar Hoover warned about this in his book, “Masters of Deceit” which I read in 1967 and we’re seeing it actually happening today: moving manufacturing to countries where production is cheapest and now importing cheap labor into countries where it’s claimed they’re needed.
Maybe Trump by being pro-H1B is hoping his haters will stop calling him racist?…..
Maybe when the democrat media will confront him about how racist it is to deport illegals or will allude to him agreeing with white supremacists , he believes that by saying : “but I am pro H1B !”
they will hate him less?…..
But that will not work…..
He could find a cure for cancer and Trump haters would still hate him…..
Those people need to hate like a drug addict needs his daily dose of drug…..
If you can get Americans that want to work. That are willing to put in time (40hr) work week maybe a little over time and have the knowledge for the job. Do away with H-1B.
If not bring them in but NO factory assembly line workers . Should be able to find them here
Should be the most qualified for the job that gets it
Those two need to be kicked to the curb and Tesla, and all these companies, abusive use of H1B needs to stop ASAP. It’s anti-American and pro-corporatocracy. No other way to look at it. If this doesn’t change it’s clear the new admin is for billionaires and not Americans.