Tesla Lawsuit Could Rewrite the Rules on Visa Hiring
You aren't going to believe this but while we have Vivek to thank for bringing attention and turning the public against foreign labor - we may have Elon to thank for ending Visa replacement labor as we know it completely!
Tesla is being sued for hiring more than 1,300 visa workers while laying off over 6,000 Americans. The claim is citizenship discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which forbids favoring non-citizens over U.S. citizens in employment contracts.
If courts side with the workers, it could set a national precedent: treating American citizenship as a cost liability is illegal. This is not about race or national origin. It is direct bias against Americans.
Offshoring could be next. Replacing U.S. teams with overseas labor under U.S.-controlled contracts risks § 1981 claims when tied to discriminatory firings. Cheap labor strategies may soon cost more than they save.
In other words the same ruling could end offshoring.
The Tesla case could open the floodgates and end the era when companies hide discrimination behind “global competitiveness.”
https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-lawsuit-h1b-visa-preferred-hiring-allegations-10835983