Executive Summary The H1-B lobby will normally deny that the H1-B visa program has any effect on wages. In reality, and the negative effect on wages is multidimensional. Introduction It is critical to analyze the multiple ways that H1-B workers depress wages. We have found without enumerating the different ways, it becomes very easy to…
Executive Summary The H1-B lobby wants US workers to think that lower wages are not a motivator for the H1-B visa program. This is why they don’t want them to see this information from research. Introduction The wage level of H1-B visa holders versus similarly categorized US domestic workers usually are not published. In fact,…
Executive Summary The H1-B program is driven not by skills but by accessing indentured and lower-wage labor. The Department of Labor promotes the abuse of the program with how it sets wage levels and the H1-B prevailing wage. Introduction The H1-B lobby continually proposes that the H1-B program is a good program because it has…
Executive Summary Infosys charged its clients a 98.6% margin on fraudulent B-1 workers while housing them in slum conditions. This shocking story was not covered in sufficient detail in the press. Introduction In investigating the corruption of the H1-B program, we came upon how Infosys engaged in fraud against the US government’s B-1 visa program….
Executive Summary Companies as a standard practice provide false prevailing wages to the Department of Labor. This is configured in a premeditated manner to provide no protection against paying below-market wages to H1-Bs. Introduction The H1-B lobby has crafted the H1-B legislation so that it is child’s play for any company to provide false claims…
Executive Summary H1-B lobbyists like to propose that no US workers lose jobs because of H1-B workers. This article provides an article quotation of the displacement level. Introduction H1-B lobbyists want to present a pleasant fiction that all H1-B visa holders take jobs that are new and that there is no displacement of US workers….
Executive Summary Companies routinely state they need H1-Bs so they can access skills for innovation. In truth, their quotes make it clear that their real issue is they do not want to pay market wages. Introduction Companies have been lying about their need for skills. All while being caught red-handed admitting the actual issue with…
Executive Summary Companies routinely state they need H1-Bs so they can access skills for innovation. In truth, their quotes make it clear that their real issue is they do not want to pay market wages. Introduction Companies have been lying about their need for skills while being caught red-handed admitting the actual issue with not…
Executive Summary Unions have been curiously lacking in aggressiveness in fighting the expansion of the H1-B program. We cover why unions acted this way. Introduction The following quotation is telling about the lack of effort unions exerted in stopping the expansion of the H1-B program. The AFL-CIO also raised limited objections.43 The union did take…
Executive Summary Tata Consulting and Infosys have been caught stealing wages from their H1-B workers. This is the “new normal” in the US with companies that are large scale users of the H1-B program. Introduction Many Indian firms or firms that are significant users of H1-B labor repeatedly either do not pay their workers what…