Vance Backs Eliminating ‘Completely Broken’ H-1B Program

Vice President JD Vance said he would back scrapping the H-1B visa program altogether, describing it as thoroughly dysfunctional and a tool employers use to swap American workers for cheaper foreign ones. In an interview with conservative influencer Jack Posobiec on Air Force Two, he said that while the program exists, the priority must be protecting American workers, and he urged frustrated people to press their congressman for a fix. He said the program is abused by accounting firms and other employers as well as tech companies, and drew a line between recruiting a genius and hiring a $45,000 accountant to displace a $60,000 American one. Vance blamed Congress for inaction, saying the cheap labor lobby has bought many lawmakers, and said the Trump administration is trying to cut down on fraud, according to Daily Wire.

The administration's approach has hit court trouble. A second federal judge ruled Wednesday that agencies cannot enforce the $100,000 charge on new H-1B petitions, because they skipped the normal rulemaking process. A different judge voided the charge in June, and it remains suspended while the government appeals. That charge came from a presidential proclamation.

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