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"An IT company hires tens of thousands of foreign workers and then farms them out to leading tech firms in the United States who claim they need IT help, while these same firms lay off tens of thousands of American workers. It’s a problem that’s become a common practice in the tech industry. The Trump administration is cracking down on one company, Cognizant, and demolishing the lie sold to the American public by tech executives and elected officials that there’s a critical shortage of skilled domestic labor. In reality, the government, under heavy influence from the tech industry, has built an elaborate pipeline that funnels cheap foreign workers into otherwise high-paying tech jobs. It’s a system that involves wage suppression and visa abuse meant to shut the door on American graduates and experienced professionals while building a cheap and compliant workforce centered around the H-1B visa system." Chris Chmielenski of the @iaproject explains why news of the Trump admin's crackdown on Cognizant matters.
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Nicholas Pinchuk, CEO of @Snapon_Tools, joins @oren_cass on the @AmerCompass Podcast to break down the domestic manufacturing boom. mag.commonplace.org/p/the-do…
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Chris Chmielenski of @iaproject on H-1B: "The Trump admin is cracking down on one company, Cognizant, & demolishing the lie sold to the American public by tech executives and elected officials that there’s a critical shortage of skilled domestic labor."
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"The Department of Labor’s suspension of Cognizant demonstrates that the Trump administration is fully aware of the abuses occurring within the U.S. tech industry and is willing to take steps to protect the integrity of the system." @iaproject president Chris Chmielenski writes.
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IAP President, Chris Chmielenski: “A system that puts the interests of Americans first can exist if it aggressively enforces immigration laws passed by Congress, including real consequences for unscrupulous employers, eliminates administrative loopholes, requires transparent recruitment efforts, and enforces strict legislative limits on guest worker programs.” mag.commonplace.org/p/cogniz…
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"An IT company hires tens of thousands of foreign workers and then farms them out to leading tech firms in the United States who claim they need IT help, while these same firms lay off tens of thousands of American workers. It’s a problem that’s become a common practice in the tech industry. The Trump administration is cracking down on one company, Cognizant, and demolishing the lie sold to the American public by tech executives and elected officials that there’s a critical shortage of skilled domestic labor. In reality, the government, under heavy influence from the tech industry, has built an elaborate pipeline that funnels cheap foreign workers into otherwise high-paying tech jobs. It’s a system that involves wage suppression and visa abuse meant to shut the door on American graduates and experienced professionals while building a cheap and compliant workforce centered around the H-1B visa system." Chris Chmielenski of the @iaproject explains why news of the Trump admin's crackdown on Cognizant matters.
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"It is my contention, then, that chatbots pose a profound temptation even in the midst of what is ostensibly the most healthy and helpful use cases: as 'agents,' co-workers, research assistants, enabling us to more effectively and efficiently take dominion over the good world God has given us, to bring order out of the chaos into which human affairs are constantly degenerating. In the midst of this co-working, they may insinuate themselves into our affections as friends and trusted confidants, as secret sources of emotional support who understand us better than we understand ourselves," Brad Littlejohn writes, of AI chatbots.
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"Only through comprehensive worksite enforcement can the rate of self-deportation be sustained and even increased. The best kind of mass depo rtation is where ICE isn’t involved at all." @MarkSKrikorian mag.commonplace.org/p/mark-k…
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Quietly, the Trump administration’s deportation effort is rounding into form. @MarkSKrikorian @commonplc mag.commonplace.org/p/mark-k…
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.@MarkSKrikorian explains why "It turns out President Trump’s promised 'mass deportations' won’t require dragnets and cattle cars after all" - among other terrific points made about immigration policy in the @commonplc piece below.
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For related thoughts on how international alliances can be leveraged for industrial resilience, see this @commonplc essay from earlier this year: mag.commonplace.org/p/fred-b…
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Liberalism shouldn't be viewed as a rulebook for the right answers on politics, @DAcemogluMIT explains, but as a way to moderate public debates. @oren_cass @AmerCompass
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For America's social and economic health, we need to have a more open debate on immigration, and its consequences, @DAcemogluMIT tells @oren_cass.
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