Tesla replaced laid off US workers with foreign workers using H-1B visas that Musk want to increase

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33. Oh please. Nobody here thinks all immigrants are stealing our jobs. We're talking about H-1B visa holders.

Technically, they're not even supposed to be immigrants. H-1B holders are supposed to be here temporarily to do a job, then return to their home country.

The undocumented immigrants who toil in the fields and slaughterhouses and restaurants are not taking Americans' jobs. No American is willing to do those jobs. H-1B visa holders, on the other hand, are absolutely taking American jobs.

Some Stats:

• 76% of H-1B Visa holders are from India
• 70% of H-1B Visas are for computer-related occupations
• $85k = median salary H-1B in computer occupations
• $132k = median salary of American in computer science

So, H-1B visa holders get paid 65% of Americans in computer science. H-1B is predominantly a source of cheap labor for the tech industry. It has been for years. https://ssti.org/blog/useful-stats-look-h-1b-visa-program-industry-employer-and-state
https://www.david-ware.com/blog/2017/04/which-country-are-most-h-1b-visa-holders-from/#:~:text=Individuals%20with%20India%20as%20their,up%201.3%20percent%20of%20beneficiaries.

Right now, the unemployment rate among American tech workers--even experienced ones--is 6%. That's 50% higher than the overall national unemployment rate of 4%. NO employer should be using the H-1B program for tech workers as long as tech worker unemployment is above 4%.

Democrats don't like H-1B Visas because they are used as a scam by corporations to avoid paying Americans a fair wage. It is not a matter of refusing to "put out a ladder." Exploiting desperate tech workers from India to the detriment of American tech workers is hardly a "ladder" for anyone.

It is not just DUers; many on the left oppose H-1B Visas. Here's a particularly good takedown of Musk and H-1B Visas by Robert Reich: https://www.eurasiareview.com/30122024-robert-reich-why-musk-is-wrong-about-opening-america-to-skilled-workers-from-abroad-oped/

Please explain how Robert Reich is wrong.