Roughly 2,000 Tesla employees in Texas are H-1B visa holders, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) H-1B Employer Data Hub.

Tesla reportedly had 23,000 employees in Texas in 2023, per the Austin-American Statesman.

The H-1 B Salary Database for 2024 reveals that Tesla filed H-1B visa applications with USCIS to fill roles ranging from analysts to engineers to construction managers.

https://dallasexpress.com/business-markets/almost-10-of-teslas-texas-workforce-is-h-1b-labor/

 

The article goes on to note that while, technically, these workers are able to vote to join a union, they serve at the pleasure of their employer. Musk is no friend of unionization.

But none are illegal, it's the illegals that are going home, not Tesla workers.

8 minutes ago, proton said:

But none are illegal, it's the illegals that are going home, not Tesla workers.

Do you think there might be a connection to musk's support of h1b and trump's flipflop?

39 minutes ago, proton said:

But none are illegal, it's the illegals that are going home, not Tesla workers.

So it doesn't matter to you if it's a bad program and being misused to deprive American workers of employment? Just so long as it's legal?

23 minutes ago, placeholder said:

So it doesn't matter to you if it's a bad program and being misused to deprive American workers of employment? Just so long as it's legal?

What are the jobs, tech. The tech world in the US must be 25% H1B.