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Also looking to hire a librarian using the H1-B visa worker program
The University of Notre Dame says it cannot find any American to teach English and so it must fill the job with a foreign worker visa.
The Catholic university in South Bend, Indiana filed a “Notice of Intent to Hire,” indicating it plans to hire a professor of English under the H1-B visa program.
The assistant professor job pays just over $87,000 and that is not including benefits.
It pays more than the chemistry professor position the university is also seeking to fill with foreign workers.
Other jobs the university says it must fill by hiring non-Americans include and associate librarian ($96,000 per year), a marketing program analytics manager ($85,000 per year), and a “program coordinator for student success” ($47,000 per year).
The H1-B visa program has faced criticism over allegations it undermines Americans. Other Indiana universities have also sought to fill jobs including assistant tennis coach and IT roles using non-Americans.
Immigration expert Kevin Lynn previously criticized universities for hiring foreigners instead of Americans.
This trend of hiring foreign labor means “[c]ompetition from foreign workers willing to accept lower salaries can suppress starting and mid-level pay for domestic graduates,” he told The College Fix last December. He is the founder of U.S. Tech Workers.
“Hiring foreign workers is often easier, cheaper, and more predictable,” he said.
In January, Texas Governor Greg Abbott froze government entities from hiring foreign workers.
“The economy of Texas should work for the benefit of Texas workers and Texas employers,” Governor Abbott wrote in a letter.
He wrote further:
In light of recent reports of abuse in the federal H-1B visa program, and amid the federal government’s ongoing review of that program to ensure American jobs are going to American workers, I am directing all state agencies to immediately freeze new H-1B visa petitions as outlined in this letter. State government must lead by example and ensure that employment opportunities — particularly those funded with taxpayer dollars — are filled by Texans first.
The pause extends through May 31, 2027, although employers can petition the Texas Workforce Commission for an exception, The College Fix previously reported.
