The H-1B visa program was created with the passage of the Immigration Act of 1990, and was sold to the American people as a means of bringing in temporary workers to fill employment gaps in our highest technology industries and institutions.
35 years later, this program has become a hotbed of fraud and abuse, and has instead resulted in stagnating wage growth and reduced employment opportunities for our highest-skilled American graduates.
Industry insiders claim that the United States does not produce enough STEM workers to fill the roles needed for our tech sector to thrive, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 62% of American STEM graduates are no longer working in STEM fields.
Texans for Strong Borders is calling on Congress to dismantle the H-1B program in its entirety, and the State of Texas to adopt policies that put significant restrictions on H-1B and other foreign work visa hiring.
Using data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Texans for Strong Borders has created the first ever visual map of every H-1B employer in the state. We hope that this tool can be utilized by the grassroots and by policymakers to communicate the extent to which Texans have been replaced by cheaper foreign labor in our most prestigious industries and institutions.