Employment-based Visas

America's highest-skilled workers are being displaced from their professions by employment-based visas:

H-1b: Congress has authorized employers to sponsor and hire foreign workers regardless of whether qualified Americans are available to fill the positions. Employers can legally force Americans to train their foreign H-1b replacements as a condition of receiving a severance package.
L-1: Congress has authorized employers to bring foreign workers into the U.S. for one year while continuing to pay them their foreign wage level.
PERM: Congress has authorized employers to sponsor foreign workers for green cards by simply running a few classified ads and then to find any reason possible to disqualify all American applicants.

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Hire Americans First does not charge membership dues. We are providing the means of rebutting corporate lobbyists by demonstrating numbers and contacts of U.S. workers who have been impacted by H-1b, and a means for the media to reach these workers.

You can make either a one-time or a recurring contribution. While we appreciate even $5 per month, note that our opposition Immigration Voice sets a minimum $50 per month for recurring contributions. They raised $200,000 in 2006, allowing them to hire top lobbying firm Patton Boggs to advocate for increases in H-1b and green card quotas.

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