As Donald Trump aide Laura Loomer, a MAGA activist and a Conservative commentator, apologized for her past hateful comments about Indians but maintained that she would take back her criticism of the H-1B visa program, the Indian American Advocacy Council said Laura Loomer was wrong about H-1B. “H-1B workers aren’t ‘cheap labor”, federal law requires prevailing wages, and recent estimates show new H-1B pay averages ~$110K+ ( Higher than US average ),” the statement said. Most of those who are hired on H-1B visa programs fill a real shortage, and they don’t replace Americans, the council said, citing figures that AI and advanced tech research rely heavily on global talent, including H-1Bs. One in four US physicians is foreign-born and many serve in rural areas, the council said. Engineers are building infrastructures across high-growth states like Texas and Arizona, the statement said. “We support smart reform to close loopholes and abuse. But scapegoating skilled immigrants ignores both the data and America’s innovation model,” the council said.
Read Laura Loomer’s full statement on H-1B during her India visit
“I will never apologize for speaking out for American workers who have been shafted by H1B visa abuse…I urged Indians to have empathy for American students and American workers who are having their employment aspirations take away from them by cheap Indian labor via the H1B visa program. If Indians want stereotypes to end, they must understand Americans have every right to want to put themselves and their job security first. Americans have every right to feel angry that they are not being given the opportunity to work in their own country in STEM fields while Indians are imported to the US to do the jobs Americans want. More Indians should be supportive of H1B visa reforms and crackdowns on immigration and labor. I would like to see India be a supportive partner to the American people by not playing into the games of the Leftist Big Tech CEOs who have created this mess by making Americans jobless and turning Indians into slaves. Both the American people and the Indian people deserve better.”“In the United States, our jobs are our jobs. How would the Indian people like it if the reverse were taking place and Americans were being mass imported into India to take all of the best jobs in STEM? There would be riots. Let’s be honest,” Loomer said.
