How an Army of Middlemen Game the US Work Visa System

For decades, foreign staffing and outsourcing firms have taken advantage of loopholes in a US visa program meant to bring in high-skilled workers to make up for a lack of domestic tech talent. Amid an immigration crackdown the Trump administration contends is based in part on protecting American jobs, here's how middlemen keep gaming the visa system at the expense of US workers and many others.

0:00 Background of the H1B visa debate
1:52 Origin of H1B visa program
2:40 Meet an H1B visa holder
3:43 Loopholes in the visa lottery system
5:17 Outsourcing companies displace US born workers
7:38 The L1 manager visa
9:06 Whistleblower complaint against TCS
10:44 A system in need of reform and perhaps expansion

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