“Learn to Code” Backfires Spectacularly
The recent Futurism article got one thing right, American computer science graduates are facing shockingly high unemployment and a bleak job market. But here’s what they and most of the media don’t want to say out loud, it’s not AI that’s destroying entry-level jobs for American students. It’s America’s own immigration system.
Let’s set the facts straight
For years, America’s leaders and tech executives told young Americans to “learn to code.” They promised a stable future, good pay and a world of opportunity. Now, thousands of talented American grads are locked out of entry-level jobs not because of automation, AI, or other false narratives but because those jobs are being quietly handed to foreign workers brought in through government visa programs like H-1B and STEM OPT (Optional Practical Training- OPT).
- STEM OPT lets foreign graduates work in the U.S. for up to three years after college, often at much lower cost to employers due to no safeguards in place to ensure they are paid at the least a prevailing wage and then employers don’t even have to pay basic payroll taxes for these workers.
- H-1B allows companies to bypass qualified Americans by claiming a “shortage,” flooding the market with cheap, temporary labor year after year.
These programs were sold as tools to fill supposed “skill gaps.” In reality, they’ve become a pipeline for corporations to drive down wages and systematically replace American graduates in the very fields they were told would guarantee success.
The numbers tell the real story
The New York Federal Reserve reports a 6.1% unemployment rate for new computer science grads, higher than journalism and among the worst for any major. Computer engineering is even higher at 7.5%. Meanwhile, the U.S. approves more than 100,000 new tech worker visas every year, giving companies every incentive to pass over qualified Americans.
It’s not about AI, it’s about displacement
Don’t let Big Tech and their lobbyists fool you. The narrative blaming AI is a convenient distraction from the truth, as more jobs go to imported workers through visa programs, more Americans are pushed out of their own job market. Many “automated” jobs aren’t lost to robots or software; they’re quietly offshored or given to cheaper, temporary labor.
Who pays the price?
Winners: Big Tech, outsourcing companies and Indian multinationals grow their profits.
Losers: Hardworking American families, new graduates and the entire next generation who played by the rules and got left behind.
America needs to wake up
If you’re wondering why your kids can’t land those entry-level jobs, don’t just look at technology, look at America’s failed immigration system. Until Congress puts Americans first and closes these loopholes, they will keep watching the American Dream slip further out of reach for their own children.
Bottom line
It’s not AI that’s replacing American workers. It’s America’s own broken visa system, and it’s time to demand better for America’s kids.
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