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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't understand the scope of H1B overtaking the U.S. high tech landscape? Take a drive to the Broadlands neighborhood in Ashburn, VA. It is heavily Indian. They are buying new $1M+ houses with all the bells and whistles.

Do you think these H1B immigrants who are buying these homes are underpaid and overworked? Man, do I have a bridge to sell ya.

There are other previous threads that carefully spell out the scam pipeline involving bribery, South Asians responsible for the hiring process, etc. I urge everyone to read them.

This scam pipeline is hurting American workers. I live in Loudoun County and see the surging population of H1B immigrants. My friends and neighbors, brilliant and profoundly qualified, are losing their jobs to these people.

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This is very true. The same is happening in Atlanta suburbs, and it’s astonishing how quickly this has taken place. Entire new neighborhoods with $800k+ homes are being populated with Indian families, in areas they didn’t previously have a presence in. It’s the jobs. They are getting paid $$$$$$, and they hire each other.[/quote]

You’re my neighbor, I can tell. It’s exactly this. Farmland sells - developer - new homes - within weeks i see the bus stop kids are 100% Indian mostly middle or high schoolers. I drive by 12 of these developments every morning, and they were only built in the last two years.[/quote]

Have you asked yourselves who is making $$ off these Indians moving into the suburbs? Or is it just the workers fault?[/quote]
Seriously. I don't fault people for using legal means to get jobs in the US that these US companies are offering to them.[/quote]

i dont either.

i do fault Democrats for not only allowing this to happen but ADVOCATING FOR MORE of this!

[b]1 - Why are Democrats suing to allow US Universities to replace US citizens with cheap h1bs? [/b]

US Public Universities claim they cannot find skilled labor and yet they are the very institutions that train skilled labor.

it is not about skilled labor , it is about cheap labor.  and replacing US citizens.

A coalition of blue states is suing the Trump administration over its fee of $100,000 for H-1B Visas, several Democratic attorneys general announced on Friday.
The Trump administration announced in September that it would be implementing the fee for H-1B visas, citing that the program for the visas is overused. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, joined by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and New York Attorney General Letitia James and others, is leading the suit.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/politics/h-1b-visa-fee-lawsuit

2 - why are Democrats advocating for expanding OPT?

OPT is used to replace US college grads with cheap labor, subsidized by federal government.  Biden expanded.   Many Democrats want to expand.   NONE have advocated for elimination.

3 - why are Democrats advocating for expanding H-1B?

point to a single democrat that has proposed repeal of H-1B?   none.   multiple republican proposals, but absolutely NONE from Democrats.   I have called Kaine and Warner and Connelly multiple times and all respond with emails claiming strong support for H-1B.

that is the real tragedy.   How Democrats have lied to US workers and pushed to expand them with cheap disposable temporary foreign labor. [/quote]

Here Is Sen. Kaine , a Democrat, recent reply.    Completely supporting OPT and ignoring the realities.   Typical Democrat.   we know Republicans are evil, but Democrats used to support US workers first, a generation ago.  But no more.   They are mini republicans.

[i]Dear Mr. XXXXX,

Thank you for contacting me about the optional practical training (OPT) program. I appreciate hearing from you.

Typically, foreign nationals attend colleges and universities in the United States on F-1 visas, which allow students to remain in the United States for the length of their studies. Most F-1 visa holders return to their country of origin following the completion of their studies. Since 1947, federal regulations have allowed F-1 visa holders to work "in cases where employment for practical training is required or recommended by the school" with the approval of U.S. immigration authorities.

The OPT program allows those F-1 visa holders to obtain employment following graduation for up to 12 months, with a two-year extension available to graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. STEM OPT employers must certify that OPT recipients are not replacing American workers and that their working conditions and pay are commensurate with U.S. citizen employees. Additionally, the employment must be directly connected to the student's area of study, and the applicant’s academic institution must approve their OPT request prior to their application to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for OPT.

I recognize that some unscrupulous employers may use vulnerable foreign workers to undercut U.S. workers. In 2013, I supported comprehensive immigration reform legislation that would have significantly improved our nation’s broken immigration system and included worker protection mechanisms to address such abuses. Moving forward, I will continue to work with my colleagues to reform our immigration system.

I will be sure to keep your views in mind should legislation affecting the OPT program be considered by the Senate. Thank you again for contacting me.

Sincerely,

Senator Tim Kaine[/i][/quote]

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