“Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: ‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.’ But let it be considered, that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak for self-interest.”–Boswell’s Life of Johnson
Report: Elon Musk's Tesla Replaced Laid Off Americans with Foreign Workers on H-1B Visas:
“Electrek reports that according to reports from current and former Tesla employees, as well as data from the U.S. Department of Labor, the company has significantly increased its use of H-1B visas to fill positions left vacant by the layoffs of approximately 15,000 U.S. workers in April 2024. The layoffs affected every department but were particularly concentrated in Tesla’s operations in Texas and California, where the company has the largest number of employees.
H-1B visas are intended to allow US companies to hire foreign workers for “specialty occupations” when there is a shortage of qualified American workers. The visas are valid for three years and can be extended for an additional three years. However, the visa holder must maintain employment with the sponsoring company to retain their work status, otherwise they are required to leave the country. This arrangement has been criticized by some as giving employers excessive power over foreign workers and potentially leading to a form of modern indentured servitude.
Tesla alone requested over 2,000 H-1B visas during the period when it was laying off thousands of U.S. workers. This figure represents over three percent of the total H-1B visas available nationwide. According to the affected employees, many of those laid off were senior engineers with higher salaries, who have been replaced by more junior foreign engineers at lower pay rates.” …….
The H-1B Immigration Debate: A Clash of Worlds and Values – Gab News:
“…These guys have been getting dragged in the comment sections for days on this topic by the American people who are sick and tired of being cast aside for foreign labor in our own country. In response, Elon and his friends have alluded to Americans being “lazy” “unskilled” and even “retarded.” After substantial pushback in the comment sections all over his own platform, Elon announced that the algorithm on X would be changing to combat this rising tide of dissent. X also started removing verification badges and locking out accounts that have been pushing back on the call for more “legal” replacement of our people [that was fast!–Ed.]. This has caused a flood of X users to join the Gab community in recent days and we welcome them with open arms to experience both freedom of speech and freedom of reach that our platform has to offer.
The Silicon Valley elite, blinded by their own intellectual arrogance and disconnected from the spiritual needs of the people, have proposed immigration policies that prioritize economic efficiency and their shareholder’s interests over the well-being of Americans and the integrity of our communities and culture. Their callous approach to immigration is a direct consequence of the spiritual vacancy that characterizes their post-Enlightenment worldview, which elevates materialism above all else.
These people have lost touch with the fundamental human need for belonging, purpose, and a sense of place. They have forgotten that mass legal migration, just as much as mass illegal migration, is not merely an economic transaction but a deeply personal and spiritual transaction that involves the uprooting of communities, the loss of cultural identity, and the undermining of American citizens.
The H-1B visa program, designed to facilitate the temporary employment of foreign workers in specialty occupations, has become a lightning rod for this clash of worlds and values. Proponents argue that it is essential for driving innovation, maintaining a competitive edge in the global marketplace, and filling skills gaps in the American workforce. Detractors, meanwhile, assert that the program undermines American workers, erodes the fabric of our communities, and prioritizes economic efficiency over the spiritual and cultural well-being of our nation. The reality about the H-1B is that is provides corporations with what are essentially indentured servants who work double the hours for half the cost and literally cannot quit or change jobs or they will be sent back home. How can Americans compete with that? They can’t, by design.
This debate is not merely a disagreement over policy, but a manifestation of the chasm that exists between those who have embraced the secular, materialistic worldview of the Enlightenment and those who yearn for a deeper, more meaningful connection to their people, place, and God. The Silicon Valley Sultans, who joined us only after it was evident that President Trump was going to win and it was extremely safe to do so, cannot be allowed to dictate the policy of the movement they joined five minutes ago. We don’t care how much money they donated; this movement is not the private sector, and they must understand that they work for and answer to the American people first and foremost, not their corporation’s shareholders.These people have lost touch with the toil that goes into creating something real, something that will last, like our nation. They are unrooted from the soil and thus have no care for its fundamental destruction so long as they can profit from it. Corporations, websites, apps, and games come and go. Society is not built upon pixels; it is built upon the labor, love, and blood of hardworking men and women who pour their hearts into creating and building something real.
Let us not be blinded by their illusions. Let us instead turn our attention to the things that will outlast any pixel or algorithm. Let us build a better future, brick by brick, with our own two hands and with our own exceptional people. The potential for American greatness has never been higher and we do not need to look to talent pools in foreign nations in order to unlock that potential. …
Our country is not a sports team. It is not a corporation. It is not an economic zone.
It is our home.
To God be the glory,
Andrew Torba
CEO, Gab.com
Christ is King” …….
This episode indicates that DOGE will target the American Worker and not Corporate Subsidies.
That’s unacceptable, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Read it all.
UPDATE: NumbersUSA on X:
The H-1B visa program is not the only way corporations save money by hiring foreign workers over Americans. Our new video exposes the OPT program, which gives employers discounts for NOT hiring American workers:
OPT is run by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
CIAWiki:
“USCIS is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country’s naturalization and immigration system. It is a successor to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which was dissolved by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and replaced by three components within the DHS: USCIS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).” .......
Fatherland Security again. The folks who brought you Butler.
Allows tens of thousands of indentured students to overstay, gives employers a matching SS exemption of 8%, permits low wages–and was never passed by Congress but written by a Homeland bureaucrat over a lobbyist’s dinner!
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