H-1B visa program, which allows US companies to hire foreign professionals in specialised fields, is facing renewed scrutiny amid growing concerns over its impact on American workers.
On social media, many US citizens, particularly in tech sectors like software engineering, are voicing their concerns about H-1B visas, arguing that the program makes it harder for them to get jobs.
At this juncture, in a social media post, a US-based tech professional is claiming that major IT companies, including TCS, Infosys, and Cognisant, are turning the H-1B visa program into a system of “organised labour trafficking.”
What is an H-1B visa?
The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that permits US employers to recruit skilled foreign workers, usually requiring at least a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
The visa is employer-sponsored, initially valid for three years, and can be extended.H-1B holders can also apply for permanent residency while working in the US.
“H-1B is systematic wage theft”
In a detailed social media post, the techie described the practice as “exploitative,” harming both American and immigrant workers.
According to the tweet, these companies manipulate the H-1B lottery by submitting multiple, sometimes up to 80, applications for a single fake candidate.
TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant turned the H1B program into organized labor trafficking.
— Saumik Tiwari | Founder @ Attack.Capital 🏴☠️ (@SaumikTiwari) September 6, 2025
I'm saying this as an immigrant living here – these parasites are destroying American workers and trapping immigrant workers in wage slavery.
They rig the lottery by filing up multiple… pic.twitter.com/ig1GS38zSQ
This flood of fraudulent applications, the techie claims, ensures their success in securing visas. Last year alone, there were reportedly 15,500 fraudulent submissions, with over 52% being complete fabrications.
American employees are said to be fired after training their own replacements, while immigrant workers are trapped in low-paying roles, earning around $65,000 for jobs valued at $120,000, with little chance to move on.
The techie calls this situation “wage slavery” and describes it as modern indentured servitude, where visa holders are bound to their employers.
If an immigrant worker leaves their job, they have only 30 days to find another sponsor or face deportation.
He further added that 34,000 H1B visas were issued last year, while 85,000 American workers were reportedly laid off.
The techie argues this is not an immigration policy but a “systematic wage theft” disguised as diversity.
It stated that qualified immigrants lose out to fraudulent applications submitted by “basement operations” filing dozens of false entries per candidate.
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