Press Release
National Center for Public Policy Research Free Enterprise Project (FEP)
Investors Accuse Meta of Undercutting American Workers With H-1B Overreliance
Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will allege that Meta’s overreliance on the H-1B visa program results in discrimination against American workers and indentured servanthood for many foreign workers.
While putting forward Proposal 12, FEP Executive Director Steve Milloy will say:
Meta and other Big Tech companies have repeatedly claimed there is a desperate shortage of skilled American workers. They insist H-1B visas are the only way to get the “best and the brightest.” But the numbers say otherwise. The program is not about filling genuine gaps. It is a mechanism for employers to obtain cheap, immobile labor that undercuts U.S. workers and distorts the labor market.
In reality, there is no shortage of tech workers. Most H-1B hires perform routine tasks that qualified Americans can and do handle….Many of these workers are international students trained right here in American graduate programs. They compete directly with their U.S. classmates for the same entry-level and mid-level jobs.
The real attraction is cost. Savings come from paying H-1Bs below the market rate for comparable Americans….
