Posted on 10/15/2025 10:52:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The blanket $100,000 fee and Project Firewall are nothing but various elements being employed by the Trump government to turn the existing H-1B visa program upside-down. The focus has now shifted to hiring American workers.
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US Labor Department issues reminder to ‘hire American’
Merely hours ago, the US government department reiterated the sentiment in yet another official social media warning addressed to companies relying on the H-1B visa. “Under our Project Firewall plan, we’re eliminating fraud and abuse in the H-1B program and ensuring AMERICANS are prioritised in the hiring process,” the new tweet stated.
The post also highlighted a long-emphasised statement by the DOL: “By rooting out fraud and abuse, the Department of Labor and our federal partners will ensure that highly skilled jobs go to Americans first.” In an additional scathing attack on Democrats, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer said that while their political rivals were responsible for the continued government shutdown, the US DOL was “working around the clock to ensure companies Hire American” as part of what she called was their “mission to put American Workers First!” In a previous news release, the Department of Labor hailed the American worker as the country’s “most valuable resource.” And so, Project Firewall allows the DOL to conduct investigations of employers to ensure they comply with the H-1B program overhaul. Unearthed violations on their part can lead to “collection of back wages owed to affected workers, the assessment of civil money penalties, and/or debarment from future use of the H-1B program for a prescribed period of time,” as per the US govt.
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My two twenty-something nephews, who are in IT and computer science, support Trump BECAUSE of this.
This initiative on the part of the Trump administration has to be, must be, hugely popular among the voting public.
Another 80-20 issue.
GOOD!
I know too many white guys who can’t get hired for jobs they’re qualified for because they can’t check any boxes, unless they lie and identify as LGBTQXYZetc......
Years ago in an interview I was what my pronouns were and at the time I had no idea what they were asking and why. Glad I wasn’t a fit!
Pajeetism: the opposite of imperialism
Pests from third-world garbage heaps move to former colonial powers, not to conquer them but, like vampires (they must be invited) to suck the life from the natives and their successful cultures.
I can see maybe England, but we owe them nothing.
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