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Vivek Ramaswamy: “It's got an indentured servitude problem where if a company…”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 28:19

I've been saying this about a hundred times, maybe for the last couple years, probably hundreds of times. It's broken in a bunch of boring ways. They use a lottery instead of picking the very best ones. It's got an indentured servitude problem where if a company sponsors you and you come from another country, you can't leave that company. so you don't actually have a competitive labor market. All those things need to be fixed. And I have been, I would argue, among the biggest proponents, if not the biggest voice in favor of fixing those things. (28:19–28:27)

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Asserts that the H1B visa system creates a dependency on the sponsoring company, limiting labor market competition.

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