WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Florida) today said: Repeal of the exploitative Imported Worker Exemption Act or EXILE act. This bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by ending the H-1B visa program.

“Prioritizing foreign workers over the well-being and prosperity of Americans undermines our values ​​and national interests.” said Congressman Steube.. “Our workers and young people continue to be displaced and disenfranchised by the H-1B visa program, which is awarded to corporations and foreign competitors at the expense of our workforce. We cannot protect the American Dream for our children by taking that share away from non-citizens. That’s why I’m introducing this program.” EXILE act We will put working Americans first again. ”

background: EXILE act By ending the H-1B visa program, we would amend section 214(g)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 USC 1184). more 80% The following percentage of H-1B visa recipients are Indian or Chinese: Prioritize young employees.

Here are some examples of how the H-1B visa program disadvantages American workers.

• By facilitating entry for more than 10,000 U.S. physicians, the H-1B visa program prevents more than 10,000 U.S. physicians from accessing training programs. 5,000 foreign-born doctors.
• more 16,000 Microsoft employees They became evacuees after more than 9,000 H-1B visas were approved in 2025.
• FedEx’s use of H-1B has resulted in the closure of more than 100 facilities across the United States.
• disney fired 250 employees In 2015, it simply replaced them with foreign workers brought in on H-1B visas.
• 2014, Southern California Edison 540 workers laid off. Their replacements came from two Indian outsourcing companies using the H-1B visa program.

Read the full text of the bill here.