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Sanders calls for H-1B visa reform: ‘Elon Musk is wrong’

Senator Bernie Sanders criticized the H-1B visa program, stating it replaces American jobs with lower-wage foreign labor, contrary to claims made by billionaire tech leaders like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Sanders highlighted that major corporations using the H-1B program laid off at least 85,000 American workers while hiring over 34,000 H-1B workers in 2022 and 2023.
He called for reforms, including raising the minimum wage for guest workers and requiring corporations to prioritize hiring American workers.
The debate over the H-1B visa program has intensified, causing divisions within both Democratic and Republican ranks, with Sanders urging a focus on strengthening America's education system.

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H-1B visa program under fire: Senator Sanders blasts Elon Musk, says tech giants exploit H-1B program to replace US jobs

Senator Bernie Sanders slammed the H-1B visa program, claiming it replaces high-paying U.S. jobs with lower-wage foreign labor. He pointed to 85,000 American layoffs in 2022-23, while corporations hired 34,000 H-1B workers.

2 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Fox News

Bernie Sanders hits out at H-1B visa program for replacing American jobs with 'indentured servants'

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is taking aim at the controversial H-1B visa program, arguing that it replaces "good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad" — just as the program is at the center of a debate within the Republican Party."The main function of the H-1B visa program and other guest worker initiatives is not to hire ‘the best and the brightest,’ but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage ind…

2 months ago·New York, United States

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NDTV

How The H-1B Visa Debate Has United The Radical Left And Right In America

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has added to the already bubbling cauldron of the H-1B visa debate by accusing Elon Musk of supporting the visa programme solely because it provides cheaper labour, rather than more skilled workers. He added, "cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make". Sanders argued, "The main function of the H-1B visa programme is not to hire 'the best and the brightest,' but rather to replace good-paying…

2 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Daily Kos

Bernie Sanders has some thoughts on the MAGA civil war

The right’s debate over the H-1B visa program has exposed cracks in the MAGA world, ...

2 months ago·United States

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Reason

Bernie Sanders is still wrong about immigration

As President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, many of his supporters have spent the last few weeks sparring with each other online over a federal visa program. This week, the U.S. Senate's most prominent socialist sided with the most far-right wing of the MAGA coalition. The H-1B program allows companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers in "specialty occupations"—most prominently, as engineers at tech companies. Qualifying pos…

2 months ago·United States

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Truthout

Sanders Calls Out Musk for Billionaire Exploitation of Foreign H-1B Workers

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has flamed Elon Musk and the right over his support of H-1B visas, saying that the program in its current form is another tool for corporations to exploit workers and line billionaires’ pockets with the fruits of the abuse. “Elon Musk is wrong,” Sanders said on social media on Thursday. “The main function of the H-1B visa program is not to hire ‘the best and… Source

2 months ago·Sacramento, United States

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