Elon Musk replaced 15,000 Tesla employees with 2,000 H1B visa workers. Employees work under threat of deportation.

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Elon Musk’s decision to lay off 15,000 American workers at Tesla and replace them with 2,000 H1B visa holders is nothing short of an outrage. Executed in April 2024, this blatant move exposes Musk’s disregard for the American workforce and raises serious questions about Tesla’s hiring practices.

The layoffs affected every department, especially in Tesla’s largest hubs in Texas and California. The shocking part? These American workers were replaced by foreign employees on H1B visas. The H1B visa program, intended for skilled workers, has a cap of 65,000 annually, plus 20,000 for those with advanced U.S. degrees. Tesla’s grab for over 2,000 visas during this period took more than 3% of the total available.

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This is an outright exploitation of the H1B program. It allows companies like Tesla to undercut American wages by hiring lower-cost foreign labor. The power dynamic here is borderline indentured servitude—visa holders must cling to their jobs to stay in the country. If they lose their jobs, they’re forced to leave the U.S., leaving them vulnerable to exploitation.

The fallout for American workers is devastating. Senior engineers with years of experience are being replaced by younger, less experienced workers willing to accept much lower pay. This not only devalues American talent but raises serious concerns about the quality and stability of Tesla’s workforce.

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Musk’s move ignites a fierce debate about immigration policy and the use of H1B visas. Having benefitted from U.S. visa programs himself, Musk’s support for expanding H1B visas reveals a glaring hypocrisy in his stance on American labor.

Sources:

https://electrek.co/2024/12/30/tesla-replaced-laid-off-us-workers-with-foreign-workers-using-h-1b-visas-that-musk-want-to-increase/

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/tesla-shares-dip-in-premarket-trade-on-global-layoff-reports.html

https://www.rawstory.com/tesla-h1b-visas-elon-musk/

https://yournews.com/2024/12/31/3031315/report-tesla-replaced-laid-off-u-s-employees-with-foreign-h-1b-visa/

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/12/31/report-elon-musks-tesla-replaced-laid-off-americans-with-foreign-workers-on-h-1b-visas/

https://electrek.co/2024/12/30/tesla-replaced-laid-off-us-workers-with-foreign-workers-using-h-1b-visas-that-musk-want-to-increase/

https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-of-its-global-workforce/


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