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US pollster Mark Mitchell mentioned every senior H‑1B developer at tech corporations like Apple represents “the financial equal of 10 unlawful aliens.”
US pollster Mark Mitchell criticised the Trump administration for not sending again H-1B staff. (Photo: X)
Top US pollster and political commentator Mark Mitchell referred to as for sending again Indian professionals working within the US on H-1B visas, saying every senior H‑1B developer at tech corporations resembling Apple represents “the financial equal of 10 unlawful aliens.”
Mitchell, the CEO of Rasmussen Reports – one in every of America’s high polling corporations – has repeatedly referred to as for the deportation of Indian H-1B staff, claiming they’re stealing American jobs. He not too long ago introduced plans to “de-Indianise” US corporations by beginning a consultancy agency on the matter.
Speaking at a programme with Steve Bannon, former adviser to US President Donald Trump and a MAGA voice, Mitchell slammed the Trump administration for not sending again H-1B visa holders and mentioned it was straightforward for Indians to interchange American staff.
“Every single H-1B senior developer at Apple that we ship again is economically equal to deporting 10 unlawful aliens. So I don’t know why we didn’t do this yesterday. Quite a lot of these persons are entry-level, however a variety of them are making a ton of cash,” he mentioned.
MITCHELL: For each H1B senior dev at Apple we ship again, it’s the financial equal of deporting 10 unlawful aliens. Silicon Valley’s workforce is 2/3 international born, complete buildings 85-95% Indian nationals. These golden pathways let corporations exchange older American engineers… pic.twitter.com/4P8kSAnzDY— Grace Chong, MBI (@gc22gc) December 8, 2025
Mitchell argued that Silicon Valley tech corporations rely closely on immigrant labour for a lower-cost workforce and ignore American staff for the roles, which makes it simpler for Indians to interchange Americans. To help his argument, he mentioned an H-1B developer incomes round $90,000 a 12 months is equal to 10 undocumented staff incomes $9 an hour.
He mentioned two-thirds of Silicon Valley’s workforce was foreign-born, and most of them have been coming from India. “Walmart had engineering buildings that had 85-95% Indian nationals. They are available on these golden pathways, and so they take these jobs,” he added.
The pollster additionally described H-1B staff as “third-world engineers”, saying there was a “bottomless nicely” for these staff. “People like me who’ve a household who’re slightly costlier, perhaps have gotten just a few raises. My medical health insurance is a bit more costly. Really straightforward to interchange me and practice my alternative,” he talked about.
His remarks got here as current information confirmed that foreign-born professionals maintain roughly 66% of Silicon Valley’s tech jobs, with Indians accounting for 23% of them.
Meanwhile, Bannon additionally criticised the H-1B visa programme, accusing Indian IT corporations of getting kickbacks by sending staff to the US. He additionally alleged widespread corruption and fraud, and that the H-1B system rewarded short-term expertise whereas sidelining American expertise.
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December 11, 2025, 22:53 IST
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