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JD Vance attacks tech companies for hiring cheap foreign workers while laying off Americans. (m.economictimes.com)
submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social
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Help me understand the administration angle here. I mean, obviously, it disenfranchises American workers and corps have been abusing it for 30nyears now, no news there. Is it to pressure concessions elsewhere from tech companies as the corporate-technofascist state solidifies?

Here's an article from 2022 about how when working in VC he of course invested in companies that proscribe to the visa abuse practices he's railing against: https://www.axios.com/2022/04/22/jd-vances-investments-made-use-of-h-1b-visas-he-opposes

Is the snake eating its tail here? Is the left hand slapping the right hand? TF.

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

They're no more in favor of workers than any other GOP administration. But now they can say they spoke out against the practice (while watching their stock portfolios grow considerably).