American influencers have taken to the streets of Texas to expose alleged H-1B abuse on camera.

As every other influencer in Texas is busting Indians allegedly abusing their visas by working in shops, immigration policy expert Rosemary Jenks said the blame is misplaced, as all the hate is being heaped on the people living there, while Congress should be blamed, which allowed H-1B visas to become a path to residence. Appearing on Steve Bannon’s show, Jenks said that the H-1B visa was a three-year visa for specialized workers, but Congress decided that H-1B visa holders should stay indefinitely and then bring their families if they found a company willing to sponsor them. “So these people have been here on H-1B visas for decades. This is ridiculous. A temporary visa is supposed to be temporary. They should be released after three years.” If we did that and if they couldn’t bring their families to America, they would be much less attractive to employers. Because employers have to train new H-1Bs every three years and then it’s much cheaper to hire Americans,” Jenks said, blaming this policy, along with the sheer number of H-1Bs, behind fraud in the program.She also explained how most H-1B and F-1 student visa holders in the US begin their journey and then enter the system through Optional Practical Training (OPT), STEM OPT extension and then the H-1B visa program. “Yes, we should eliminate the H-1B visa program altogether, but if the donor class won’t allow Congress to do that, the least we can do is make it a temporary visa again,” Jenks said.

Anti-H-1B influencers rise in Texas

Over the past few months, there has been a rise in anti-H-1B influencers in Texas making videos against the ‘Indian takeover’ of Texas and Frisco in particular. Journalist Sarah Gonzales claimed to have uncovered ‘ghost’ offices that were listed as H-1B employers, but found nothing there when she visited. She also visited a food truck and found that an H-1B visa holder was working there, although the man claimed he was helping his wife at the food truck after her office work. Now, YouTuber Tyler Oliveira made a detailed video on the ‘Indian Invasion of Texas’ where he interviewed Indians in Texas and convicted them of fraud. Oliveira interviewed diplomat Mahwas Siddiqui, who previously claimed to have witnessed first-hand H-1B fraud in India; He also interviewed lawyer Chand Parvataneni for his YouTube video.