re: Dept of Labor suspends Adobe, Microsoft, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini

Add Penn State, Carnegie, or no?

"I am announcing a historic investigation into the J-1 visa fraud involving nine major American universities: Pit, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT. Subpoenas have been served; investigations are underway."

So just these Universities to start.

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The only people complaining with be groups related to the hundreds of billions of dollars being sent overseas and their lobbyists.

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Powerman will certainly be complaining

He didn’t have a choice - Iran had to be dealt with before it was too late.

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That was quick!

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Not really.... I was laid off in April and just got this call about 2 weeks ago.

Trump needs to make diversity illegal so real Americans can finally feel safe again

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Optical Practical Training OPT fraud is so bad ICE says if they are not allowed to use the fee to fund oversight then they may shut the program down.

Expected effects discussed in coverage and the proposal itself center on lower OPT participation (one cited economic analysis projected declines of up to 84% at the bachelor’s level and 99% at the master’s level depending on who pays), reduced international enrollment (a 2025 survey of 828 institutions found 92% of leaders expected students to choose other countries without OPT), and budget pressure on schools that rely on international tuition.

More than half of SEVP-certified institutions are described as small entities unable to absorb large upfront fees without changing practices. Sources note possible enrollment and revenue declines, greater selectivity in OPT recommendations, and legal challenges, but none quantify or forecast institutional closures. DHS separately states it may end the OPT program itself if the fees cannot be implemented

DHS estimates that 2,478 SEVP-certified schools would be affected. That figure comes from the agency’s review of OPT authorizations with employment start dates in 2022–2024; it counts schools that both enrolled F-1 students and had students who participated in OPT, and DHS treats this group as the regulated population for the proposed rule.The total is not limited to four-year universities. It includes any SEVP-certified institution (community colleges, other postsecondary schools, and similar entities) that had OPT activity in those years. Overall SEVP-certified schools number several thousand more, but only those with recent OPT participation are included in the 2,478. DHS also estimates that about 56 percent of the regulated institutions qualify as small entities.

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Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers in 2025 after certifying that it could not find qualified American employees — yet the company was approved for more than 6,000 H-1Bs and filed 3,682 PERM applications, including nearly 1,000 applications for the same positions as the laid off American workers

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And they said the layoffs were due to corporate downsizing, what a crock of shite, and yes my company uses H-1B's and they aren't more qualified than US workers, it's a money grab fostered by corporate greed.

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I was in the healthcare division, or whatever they call it. Life Science or some shite.

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#4.

Interestingly, I work from home (in Florida) for an Indian IT Company, consulting for a Canadian Mining Company based in Toronto.

My company has been abusing the system for years. They not only hire as few Americans as they can get away with, but they are abusive towards their Indian H1B employees. They pay them poorly, make them move across country on short notice, and slow walk the green card process, making it difficult for them to get a better paying job.