"Tesla, which has come under repeated fire due to CEO Elon Musk's political antics and its quality control issues, has been now slapped with a lawsuit that alleges that the company prefers hiring visa holding immigrants over American citizens in order to save money, according to Reuters. The lawsuit claims that Tesla relies heavily on workers who hold the H-1B visa, which grants temporary employment for specialized technical jobs, and that workers who have been recently laid off from the electric vehicle company are disproportionally Americans."
"Musk - himself an immigrant from South Africa - isn't above attacking other immigrants as well, giving the allegations a grim smack of hypocrisy. He's not terribly consistent on that point, though. Musk came to America to seek his fortune on an H-1B visa, which he's praised at times, drawing ire from critics such as Trump's longtime adviser Steve Bannon, who called Musk an illegal alien and advocated stripping him of his government contracts."
Tesla is facing a lawsuit alleging the company prefers hiring visa-holding immigrants, particularly H-1B workers, over American citizens to save money. The suit claims Tesla relies heavily on H-1B talent while recent layoffs disproportionately affected American employees. Last year Tesla cut more than 6,000 U.S. workers while hiring 1,355 visa holders. Plaintiffs include a software engineer and a human resources specialist who say they were rebuffed from roles believed to have gone to visa holders. The case intersects with national debates over immigration, Elon Musk's immigrant background and public rhetoric, the tech industry's demand for STEM talent, and ongoing Tesla operational problems.
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