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JD Vance attacks tech companies for hiring cheap foreign workers while laying off Americans. (m.economictimes.com)

submitted 21 hours 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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[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

My misunderstanding. I read the first sentence of your original comment as “this is good for me” and then the rest as “It’s counter to their recent actions and I want to get off the rollercoaster”.

Sounds like we’re on the same page though