Anti H-1B posters glued all across San Francisco metro stations
San Francisco : As H-1B visa, famous among Indian IT professionals, filing days are comming close, anti H-1B visa posters were seen glued all across the San Francisco metro stations.
The H-1B visa filing season will begin from April this year.
The advertisements worth $80,000 have been posted by the Progressives for Immigration Reform which claims that it is to create awareness against the misuse of the H1B visa.
“This is to get exposure to the H-1B programme. And with that attention, with that visibility, begin conversations on the abuses of the programmes what it was intended to be and what it has become,” Kevin Lynn, director of the Washington Dc-based Progressive for Information Reform told PTI.
He added that the campaign that began on March 15 will continue till April 1.
“Your companies think you are expensive, undeserving & expendable,” the advertisement said. “ Congress, fix H-1B law so companies must seek & hire US workers!” it said.
BART has insisted that the display of these ads does not mean its endorsement. “This campaign complies with free speech laws that allow advertisers to express a point of view without regard to the viewpoint. BART must post these ads to comply with the law. Court rulings reinforce the fact that we can’t deny the ads,” a BART statement said. “BART does not endorse these ads. In fact, our Board of Directors passed a Safe Transit Policy in 2017 to send a clear message to the public and our riders that BART is a safe and welcoming system for all people,” it said.