Outsourcing has killed American jobs—the HIRE Act can bring them home

Proponents of free trade and mass immigration have made three separate arguments regarding America importing more immigrants. The first was that, to have the best people, America had to open its borders and economy to foreign workers via programs like H-1B and other work visas. The top jobs had to go to the top people, no matter where they came from. The second – the argument "There are some jobs Americans just won't do" – necessitated mass legal and illegal migration to fill said jobs. The third culminated in the belief that companies should be free to send their operations wherever they could procure the cheapest labor or manufacturing costs, even if it resulted in mass outsourcing.

The result of these tripartite tactics was that Americans were pushed out of the highest-paying and lowest-paying jobs; the latter saw wage decreases due to competition from illegal labor, and the number of jobs remaining declined as companies moved overseas. Over 66 percent of American companies now participate in at least some sort of outsourcing, a startlingly high number. Thousands of jobs in customer service, IT support, accounting, and more have been lost. Not only has this erased low- and high-skilled jobs, but it has also worsened services for Americans.

Over the past few months, the Trump administration and America First Republicans in Congress have unleashed a flurry of measures to counter the current state of affairs. The Trump administration's border enforcement has brought illegal entries to a halt, and their changes to the H-1B visa program—along with investigations into potential fraud and abuse—have been helpful in addressing the first two arguments.

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