I think the administration is solving the wrong problem here. If the TVA is using H1B just to save money, then they are violating the H1B program.
The administration should be cracking down on H1B violations.
The administration should be cracking down on H1B violations.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/26/h-1b-prison-for-visa-...
No, but he hired contractors who violated rules his ultimate boss, the President, has made a policy priority. As the head of a state-owned corporation, political instincts are part of the requirements.
I mean, how would you crack down on drug dealers?
Let’s suppose ~5% of all H1B’s are problematic... That’s ~9,000 per year so catching 1% of cases would be ~900 over the last decade.
That sounds like a pretty reasonable thing to do, to selectively enforce higher standards on government organizations.
Personally I would love to see an H1B crackdown, but this isn’t it.
> Trump made the announcement as he signed an executive order to require all federal agencies to complete an internal audit to prove they are not replacing qualified American workers with people from other countries. The White House said the order will help prevent federal agencies from unfairly replacing American workers with lower cost foreign labor.
At least that’s my understanding I don’t see the order on here yet: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/execu...
“Sec. 2. Review of Contracting and Hiring Practices.” ...
“Within 120 days of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget summarizing the results of the reviews required by subsections (a) through (c) of this section; recommending, if necessary, corrective actions that may be taken by the agency and timeframes to implement such actions; and proposing any Presidential actions that may be appropriate.”
Of note the election is only 91 days from now. He had just under 4 years to get something done and this is an executive order focused on submitting a report after the election.
The abuse was brought to light (by the non-profit U.S. Tech Workers), and the executive branch executed on that information against a federally chartered corporation's chief executive. Whether it's selective or not is immaterial. Some violators will get away (unfortunately!), some will not. Try complaining to the officer as they write the ticket that everyone else was speeding too. Everyone else was, but you were the one who was pulled over and is getting the ticket.