WASHINGTON: H-1B workers replacing Americans have minimal skills and little or no business knowledge, a whistleblower from Indian IT giant Infosys has said.

Jack B Palmer, whose visa fraud case against Infosys had led to a $34 million visa fraud settlement -the largest in U.S. history - alleged that no matter who is chosen, no matter what their skill set is, H-1B workers are coming to the U.S. and they have to learn the needed skills once they get here.

"I cannot emphasize enough that the H-1B workers that are replacing the U.S. workers have minimal skills and little to no business knowledge. The idea of knowledge transfer is absurd; Americans are training these people on how to do their job," Mr Palmer told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during a Congressional on immigration hearing.

"This is just cold hard facts. As statistics can validate, most of these workers have only a bachelor's degree: how is this specialized talent?" he wondered.

Mr Palmer alleged that companies such as Infosys continue to abuse the B1 and H1B visa laws as well as the income tax and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) guidelines.

"This is wide spread within the United States. Americans are being displaced at record numbers. Foreigners are working full-time jobs in the U.S. without paying income taxes and are not qualified," he said.

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Source: PTI