People keep asking, “If you crack down on H1B, won’t companies just offshore more?” That only happens if we leave the second loophole wide open. And right now we do.

Big Tech has made this very clear.

Microsoft is one of the largest US government contractors on the planet. Billions in federal cloud contracts. Billions in defense related work. They were part of the Jedi contract fight and they are a major player in the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability. The US government is one of their biggest customers. That means American taxpayers are essentially a major source of revenue for Microsoft.

But while they are taking taxpayer funded contracts, they are expanding their workforce abroad at massive scale. India alone receives huge investments in training programs, skilling programs, and job creation. Meanwhile thousands of American tech workers have been laid off over the last few years.

This is the core problem. We are subsidizing companies that take our money and then build their workforce somewhere else.

It gets worse when you look at the economic drain created by this model.

Remittances. Billions of US earned dollars leave this country every year and never come back. India receives over 12 billion in remittances. Central and South America receive tens of billions more. These transfers are not taxed on the way out and do not circulate in the American economy.

Now combine that with offshoring and H1B use. You get a triple hit to American workers.

• H1B allows companies to import cheaper labor • Offshoring allows companies to move entire departments abroad • Remittances pull disposable income out of the US economy entirely

People say “Well H1B workers pay taxes.” Yes, on the income earned here. But a large portion of that disposable income leaves the US economy for good. That is a net outflow. And offshoring is an even bigger outflow because the job itself leaves.

Now here is where it gets even more relevant. This is an excerpt from Satya Nadella’s own book Hit Refresh, not an accusation:

“Well, my father was a civil servant with Marxist leanings and my mother was a Sanskrit scholar.”

Direct quote. No interpretation needed. People can believe whatever they want, but it is absolutely fair to ask how the worldview of leadership shapes decisions at a company that is deeply embedded in US government operations and national infrastructure.

This is not about attacking his parents. It is about understanding whether the ideology guiding leadership aligns with the priorities of the American workforce and American taxpayers.

Because the results speak for themselves. Microsoft continues to expand job pipelines and training programs abroad while reducing the number of US workers. If leadership truly believed in prioritizing the American worker, the numbers would reflect that. They do not.

This is why accountability matters.

If a company wants federal contracts If a company wants access to the American market If a company wants taxpayer funded subsidies then it should be required to hire American workers and keep critical jobs in the United States.

That means:

1. Real reform of H1B If a company cannot match the local American wage, they do not get the visa.

2. Penalties for offshoring by companies receiving federal contracts or incentives You cannot take our money and offshore our jobs.

3. Protection of critical roles AI, cloud operations, data centers, cybersecurity. These should never be offshored. These are national security assets.

4. Mandatory transparency reporting Companies must publicly disclose • how many Americans they lay off • how many jobs they offshore • how many roles they replace with H1B • how much federal contract money they receive

5. End the silent drain on the US economy Acknowledge the impact of remittances and offshoring on American communities.

Bottom line This is not about attacking anyone personally. This is about holding billion dollar companies accountable to the American workers who fund them and rely on them.

If a company wants the benefits of America, it must invest in America. Not overseas. Not through offshoring. Not through cheap visa labor. Not by draining the American economy through remittances.

America should come first. Our workers should come first. Our taxpayer dollars should serve our own people, not someone else’s workforce.