"AB 715, which was signed by the governor and is now in the courts, does not infringe on free speech. It does infringe on teachers' abilities to insert their personal ideology into the classroom. If teachers across this state, and especially in the Bay Area, followed state curriculum and policies, this legislation probably would not be needed. However, when you have maps in the classrooms that replace the state of Israel with the nonexistent state of Palestine, there is a problem."
"As a progressive, I've disliked tech's abuse of the H-1B visa program for years, not for any dislike of those immigrating here, but seeing so many local native-raised people who spent years endeavoring to be in tech, only to find the opportunities were far worse than advertised. Silicon Valley abuses H-1B visa holders in a form of semi-indentured servitude, overworked and underpaid while under threat of their visa status being revoked . H-1B is closer to slavery than liberty or innovation."
AB 715 prohibits teachers from inserting personal political ideology into K-12 classrooms and aims to protect students from biased instruction. The law cites problematic examples such as classroom maps that label Israel as a nonexistent state and emphasizes that students are captive audiences subject to peer pressure. The law is described as imperfect but amendable without undermining its intent to combat growing antisemitism. The H-1B visa program is criticized for enabling Silicon Valley to hire foreign tech workers under semi-indentured conditions, overworking and underpaying them while disadvantaging local native-raised applicants. Political leaders reportedly abandoned promised H-1B reforms in favor of corporate interests.
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