Chip Roy’s new bill targeting H-1B seeks to end the lottery OPT: Put America’s white-collar workers first
Republican Chip Roy, Texas Rep., has introduced a new bill to end H-1B visa abuses, called the American White-Collar Worker Jobs Act. Chip Roy said, “It’s time to end this lottery-based pipeline and replace it with a system that prioritizes merit, enforces real pay standards and puts America’s white-collar workers first.” This joins the list of several other similar bills that Republican politicians brought to control H-1B visa The system is far from being passed and implemented.Chip Roy’s bill would require labor market testing to determine whether employers made good faith efforts to hire local workers before hiring H-1B visa holders, the Daily Caller reported. Department of Labor and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.“Throughout its nearly forty-year history, the H1-B visa has been abused, allowing employers to routinely sideline American STEM workers in favor of cheaper foreign labor, while layoffs and wage suppression are disguised as ‘shortages,'” Roy told the Caller.“It’s time to end this lottery-based pipeline and replace it with a system that prioritizes merit, enforces real pay standards, and puts America’s white-collar workers first,” Roy said.
Chip Roy’s bill pushes to end OPT
While Roy’s bill does not seek to end H-1B, he is in favor of ending optional practical training, which has served as a pipeline for college students to enter the job market. Roy wants to end the OPT program.Recently, US authorities, including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced an investigation into alleged OPT-related fraud. Authorities said they have identified more than 10,000 students linked to employers they consider suspicious, with investigators reporting cases involving vacant offices, shell companies and unverified employment claims.