The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a $103,265 fee on certain H-1B visa petitions, raising the cost for employers seeking to hire foreign workers […] Source
The proposal comes after the Trump administration ran into legal challenges in its attempt to attach a similar fee to the H-1B visa last year.
The fees are expected to generate $8.8 billion in revenue to recoup funds spent on administering lawful immigration
The draft rule the agency published Monday would apply to individuals hired within the U.S., Bloomberg reported, and it would be added to all petitions for H-1B workers.
The H-1B visa program is intended to import skilled foreign workers when Americans are unavailable to fill a position.
‘The H-1B visa program does not serve the interests of Texas nor the nation.’
American attitudes toward India have deteriorated significantly over the past two decades as concerns grow over immigration, foreign-worker programs and competition for white-collar jobs, according […] Source
A $10 billion national defense renaissance championed by the Trump administration will rely on Pennsylvania’s skilled workers to build “the arsenal of freedom.”
The War Department's Project Patriot Pipeline is an initiative designed to provide a flow of skilled workers to meet the department's needs, while simultaneously supporting the defense industrial base.
Originally posted by AND Magazine
The Boeing 737 Max has been involved in at least two fatal crashes. Turns out one of the reasons why may be that Boeing decided to employ $9 an hour contractors to create critical software instead of doing it in-house. The software for the Max was created as Boeing was making a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors. One of the key companies involved was HCL Technologies Ltd, located across from Seattle’s Boeing Field, where aircraft are built. Even as the software was being created, the shoddy nature of its design was obvious. Code was routinely rejected because it had not been written properly . Per Business Standard, in posts on social media, HCL engineers stated they helped develop and test the Max’s flight-display…Open