Facebook accused by Trump administration of H-1B visa abuse


Facebook, one of dozens of tech companies that lined up in court against Trump’s visa restrictions, stands out as much bigger than the typical targets of enforcement actions under the Justice Department’s Protecting US Workers Initiative. — Reuters

The Trump administration claims Facebook Inc is discriminating against US workers by designating thousands of positions for foreigners with temporary H-1B visas.

The company "refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available US workers for over 2,600 positions” and instead reserved the jobs – with an average salary of US$156,000 (RM633,952.80) – to non-citizens that it sponsored for permanent work authorisations with green cards, according a statement issued on Dec 3 by the civil rights division of the Justice Department.

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