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Rep. Pramila Jayapal - Statement on Trump Suspending Microsoft from the PERM Program
X ^ | 10/08/2026 | Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Posted on 10/10/2026 8:37:04 AM PDT by millenial4freedom

Statement on Trump Suspending Microsoft from the PERM Program:

This is a crucial issue for me as the top Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee, the only member of Congress to have actually had an H-1B visa, and the Representative for tens of thousands of Microsoft workers. The administration has been consistently working to take away legal pathways for immigrants to contribute their talents to our country, and this is yet another of those attacks.

The PERM program is the first step toward an employment-based green card for countless workers who want to contribute to this country, and it lays out a clear process with steps to ensure that this is a net benefit to our economy and does not harm American jobs. Our economy, our communities, and our families depend on immigrants in many sectors, including the tech sector, and heavy-handed attacks like this only hurt efforts to build a strong, stable, and diverse base of workers who have legal pathways to come and be in the United States while also protecting U.S. workers from unscrupulous employers.

You don’t fix a broken immigration system by taking a hammer to legal immigration. Microsoft has been a leader in advocating for comprehensive immigration reforms that modernize an antiquated immigration system and provide more — not fewer — legal pathways for immigrants from all over the world to work here and be with their families. Targeting Microsoft or the PERM program in this way simply undermines legal immigration and weakens America’s ability to innovate.— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) October 8, 2026


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: economy; h1b; immigration; trump

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“the only member of Congress to have actually had an H-1B visa”

unbelievable! as if there were another reason to gut this corporate scam foisted on us by the swamp...
1 posted on 10/10/2026 8:37:04 AM PDT by millenial4freedom
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To: millenial4freedom

I’ve heard that woman really stinks.


2 posted on 10/10/2026 8:40:52 AM PDT by boycott
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To: millenial4freedom

She looks like she belongs in the Simpsons


3 posted on 10/10/2026 8:42:47 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: millenial4freedom

Says the poster child for why we need to be extra careful who we let in on this program.


4 posted on 10/10/2026 8:52:38 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: millenial4freedom

I don’t believe many of us care what she says. She is just a lowly politician who sits in congress and stirs up nothing but hate. I’ll pass on them now being an EXPERT on everything in our live and country.


5 posted on 10/10/2026 8:58:35 AM PDT by alaskamomma
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To: millenial4freedom

Repulsively ugly and supremely evil, what a way to go through life. What is wrong with Washington state voters that they elect these idiots?


6 posted on 10/10/2026 9:02:10 AM PDT by Fungi
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To: millenial4freedom

like the Dept of Education, Trump may “gut” the program - but it absolutely needs to be eliminated by Congress, which will never happen

When Trump is gone, you can be certain, that as an act of revenge and to put their globalist plans into overdrive - Democrats will revive the corpse of H-1B, pump it full of even more money to be stolen by Democrat cronies, and quadruple the number of foreigners (esp Indians) being imported by it.


7 posted on 10/10/2026 9:12:00 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: millenial4freedom
Pramila Jayapal

Looking more & more like Canada, every day...

Time to flush these filthy foreign bastards down the drain...

8 posted on 10/10/2026 9:13:42 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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The horrendous gutting of the United States by rapacious Hindus.

Major US players are at full tilt.....rapidly hiring Hindu managers....firing Americans w/ families....moving US tech overseas. Millions of US tax dollars are going foreign. And our elected “leaders” let them.


Trump is hot on this. See whitehouse.gov——PROTECTING AMERICAN JOBS:

President Donald J. Trump signed (A) an Executive Order and (B) a Proclamation to continue to protect American national and economic security and American workers from abuses of the H-1B visa program.

Trump’s E/O enhances program integrity in the H-1B visa program by improving inter-agency coordination and directing enhanced scrutiny of H-1B visa applications where there is a heightened risk that American workers will be laid off.

snip


9 posted on 10/10/2026 9:35:52 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: butlerweave

Rep Jayapal says she is the “only member of Congress” to have actually had an H-1B visa.


Let’s find out how she got the visa, shall we?


10 posted on 10/10/2026 9:37:51 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: millenial4freedom

The administration has been consistently working to take away loophole pathways for illegals our party owns.

Decoding completed


11 posted on 10/10/2026 9:45:53 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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Rep Jayapal says she is the “only member of Congress” to have actually had an H-1B visa.


Let’s find out how and where she got the visa, shall we?

Indian private universities......most notably Manav Bharti University......were found to have sold tens of thousands of fake degrees, which law enforcement authorities and reports suggest were sometimes used by individuals attempting to submit fraudulent credentials for overseas work programs, including U.S. H-1B visas.

The Manav Bharti University Scandal——Fake Degrees Sold: Investigations by Indian law enforcement revealed that Manav Bharti University (located in Himachal Pradesh, India) allegedly sold over 36,000 fake degree certificates over a span of years.

Investigators found that bogus academic credentials from the school were sold for as little as $1,400. Sweeping crackdowns on counterfeit academic networks in India led to the seizure of nearly 100,000 forged certificates across multiple unregulated or compromised institutions.

Local Forgery Markets——Hyderabad Hubs: Reports and statements from former U.S. consular officials highlighted local commercial districts—such as Ameerpet in Hyderabad—as hotspots where shadow consultancies allegedly offered forged educational certificates, fake employment verification letters, and tailored interview coaching to bypass screening.

Media segments and viral social media claims (such as reports citing a former consular officer) asserted that 80% to 90% of all Indian H-1B visa applications contained fraudulent credentials.

While localized degree scams and corrupt consulting rings are real and actively targeted by law enforcement, the majority of the H-1B program from India are built on fake university credentials.


12 posted on 10/10/2026 9:50:32 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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Trump’s fraud task force, led by VP Vance identifies “Systemic Immigration Fraud:”
<><>abuses within the H-1B and PERM visa programs,
<><>H-1B and PERM visas used to replace American workers w/ families
<><>lower-paid foreign labor let into the US capriciously,
<><>Americans’ domestic wages and opportunities are undermined
<><>Trump emphasizing American talent
<><>advocates for home-based American workers
<><>wants work opportunities given to young Americans w/ families
<><>wants American jobs for experienced American professionals.


13 posted on 10/10/2026 9:52:00 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: boycott

If you look up herpes in the dictionary you see a picture of THAT..so what that thing is saying is that Americans are too stupid to do actual work we need to import dreck from other countries to do it for us and of course vote Democrat


14 posted on 10/10/2026 9:54:39 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: millenial4freedom

“legal pathways for immigrants from all over the world to work here and be with their families”

Which is precisely what we don’t want.


15 posted on 10/10/2026 10:04:35 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: Regulator

Being born American means being at a disadvantage. How did things get this f’d up?


16 posted on 10/10/2026 10:09:34 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn )
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To: millenial4freedom

“”as if there were another reason to gut this corporate scam foisted on us by the swamp...””

For sure!!! Can we take it away from her?


17 posted on 10/10/2026 10:09:49 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

People on the right need to stop virtue signaling how great legal immigration is. It is not. All forms of immigrants need to stop for 100 years.


18 posted on 10/10/2026 10:21:16 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn )
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To: millenial4freedom

Earlier this year Microsoft laid off 10,000+ workers. And yet they’re still wanting H-1B visas.

What does this tell you a out there staffing decisions, and who does she represent?


19 posted on 10/10/2026 11:21:06 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The greatest power the media has is the power to ignore.)
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To: millenial4freedom

Here is my usual lengthy post on H-1Bs :

Non-profits are not subject to the yearly cap of 85,000 workers in the lottery for H-1Bs. Although the word “hospital” is not explicitly used, here is an explanation of the rules :

https://h1bgrader.com/blog/h-1b-cap-exempt-employers-list-faqs/

You can look up such exempt employers here :

https://h1bgrader.com/h1b-cap-exempt-sponsors

History of the H-1B visa:

Archived :

https://archive.is/OymCH

https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/11/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-h-1b-visa/

Data from Federal government agencies, such as the USCIS and Department of Labor :

USCIS’s H-1B Employer Data Hub :

https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employer-data-hub

PERM, LCA (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) data and statistics - U.S. Department of Labor :

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance

H-1B (and H-1B1, E-3) LCA Labor Condition Application filings, which are far higher than the number of H-1Bs actually granted. The LCA is the first step for a company to take in applying for an H-1B. The rows are order by number of LCA/H-1B applications at respective companies from highest downward :

https://layoffhedge.com/h1b

As for numbers of OPT and CPT visas (handled by DHS - ICE), the only data available are that of the top 200 employers. Of course, Federal agencies cannot provide the names of the individual visa holders. It will take FOIA/Freedom Of Information Act inquires to get complete lists of OPT and CPT employers.

Thousands of Middlemen Are Gaming the H-1B Program (Bloomberg) - shortcut :

https://archive.is/VHPxZ

Industrialized Fraud in the H-1B program :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KumpIWZ6ZpI

During the Biden administration, H-1B visa holders were buying houses with 97-100% financing :

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379360/posts

I asked Google AI :

“Does the FHA have a list of subsidized loans made to H-1B holders?”

It said the “FHA does not collect citizenship or residency status on standard loan applications.”

Google then offered to provide me information on “Conventional Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mortgages that still allow H-1B borrowers”.

Here’s a graphic on how OPTs have flattened wages :

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-opinion-optional-practical-training-problems-stem-graduates-deserve-better-jobs-opportunities/

More on STEM-OPT visas :

Besides OPT and STEM OPT extensions, there is also CPT, Curricular Practical Training. Giving the term “Day 1 CPT” to Google AI yields :

“Day 1 CPT allows eligible international students on F-1 visas to start off-campus work authorization on the very first day of their academic program, bypassing the standard one-year waiting period.”

https://careerconnections.smeal.psu.edu/blog/2025/09/18/what-is-day-1-cpt/

“No Wait Time: Students can accept paid employment immediately when classes begin.”

https://day1cpt.org/

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-5

https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents/combination-documents

https://ifspp.substack.com/p/graduating-into-second-place

https://ifspp.substack.com/p/data-on-dallas-metro-engineering

https://optobservatory.org/

https://cis.org/Feere/Bloomberg-Investigates-Elaborate-Charade-Known-Day-1-CPT

H-1Bs don’t go home :

https://x.com/LayoffAI/status/2071566853009277385

Searching Google with the terms “fannie mae H-1B” yields the following from its AI :

“...
Mortgage and Home Loan Eligibility

Borrower approval: H-1B visa holders are fully eligible for conventional home mortgages backed by Fannie Mae under the same baseline terms as U.S. citizens.”

Can H-1B Holders Get a US Home Loan Without Credit? Truth Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuYEaCrtBpY

Documentation rules: Borrowers must possess a valid Social Security Number (SSN) and a current, verified legal status documented by an unexpired work visa or I-94/I-797 paperwork.”

Searching Google with the terms “freddie mac H-1B” yields the following from its AI :

“...
Mortgage Guidelines for H-1B Holders

Loan Eligibility: Non-U.S. citizens with nonpermanent lawful residency status (such as an H-1B visa) are eligible for Freddie Mac mortgage guidelines on the same terms as U.S. citizens, provided they have valid residency status and meet standard credit requirements (typically a credit score of 620 or higher).”

This link, dated 2025 is shocking. Loans for investment and vacation homes are POSSIBLE :

Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Mortgages for H1B Visa Holders

https://homeabroadinc.com/mortgages/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-h1b-mortgage/

Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Mortgages for H1B Visa Holders

A credit score of 620 or higher is required to be eligible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.

Look at this alphabet soup of visa categories :

https://corr.pennymac.com/assets/documents/guides/pcg-non-us-citizen-documentation-requirements.pdf

MIT Economist Says H-1B Program Cripples Schooling for K-12 Kids

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4392438/posts

H.R. 1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 :

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/kevin-mccarthy-140-gop-reps-vote-for-democrat-plan-to-outsource-jobs-to-indian-graduates/

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h437

See the results from searching Google for “How to avoid hiring Americans video”.

Regarding the 20 state Attorney Generals who SUCCESSFULLY sued against President Trump’s $100,00 fee, 15 of those states have AG elections this year. The Republican candidates and their campaign URLs are :

Arizona
Warren Petersen
petersenforag.com

California
Michael Gates
gates4ag.com

Colorado
Michael Allen
michaelallenforcolorado.com

Connecticut
John Bolton
johnbolton4ag.com

Illinois
Bob Fioretti
bobforillinois.com/

Maryland
James Rutledge
electjim.com

Massachusetts
Michael Walsh
mikewalshforag.com

Michigan
Doug Lloyd
votedouglloyd.com

Minnesota
Ron Schutz
ronformnag.com

Nevada
Adriana Guzma’n Fralick
adrianafornevada.com

New York
Saritha Komatireddy
https://x.com/sarithaforny

Rhode Island
Alan Gordon
alangordonri.com

Wisconsin
Eric Toney
erictoney.com

Delaware
David Graham
(No CAMPAIGN site URL on Ballotpedia yet)
https://ballotpedia.org/David_Graham_(Delaware)

Vermont
Edwin Kemon
(No campaign website URL on Ballotpedia yet)
https://ballotpedia.org/Edwin_Kemon


20 posted on 10/10/2026 11:52:50 AM PDT by JeemBeau
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