[Of] approximately 157.1 million employed individuals in the US, approximately 60 million are imported foreign workers who have ALREADY replaced US workers.The segregation of Americans out of the American job market is almost complete.There are "foreigners only" want advertisement across the country. Without even a modicum of shame,corporations are posting discriminatory want ads,some even stipulating "No Americans need apply"

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My guest today is civil rights attorney, James Otto. Welcome to OpEdNews, James.

JB: I understand that you're taking on Disney, one of the most iconic of American brands. Is this just a publicity stunt? What're Mickey Mouse and Co. up to that warrants legal action?

JO: Stunt? No. As an attorney, I gather evidence that is admissible in court. In the Disney case, as in all of my cases, I have eyewitnesses and documents from the employer, executives and employees that admit to the conduct my client complained of, which is the exclusion of U.S. workers from the work force. I want to start with the statement that I am not against the individual foreign worker. The individual foreign worker, for the most part, is very similar to the U.S. worker in that he wants to work to feed his family. I do not demonize the individual for doing what is best for his family.

JB: What exactly did Disney Corporation do?

JO: In 2014, Disney's Board of Directors authorized the firing of approximately 800 to 1,000 U.S workers from Disneyworld, Disneyland and the ABC studios in both New York and Burbank, California, to effectuate its NO U.S. WORKER EMPLOYMENT POLICY. Disney required the U.S. workers to train their foreign imported replacements in order to be paid. Disney executives told the U.S. employees "Get used to it. You need to learn to wear a sari [Indian dress] because that is the only place you will ever get a job."

Disney is replacing Americans workers intending to exclude them from any consideration for employment. Competent workers are replaced right here in America by exclusion from equal access to employment -- a right guaranteed by the Constitution - simply because they are American or green card holders.

JB: Are you exaggerating to make a point, James?

JO: Again, no. I merely convey what the evidence says. Theses are not my words but the evidence from other eyewitness sources. I have provided your readers with the links to the actual documents and evidence to read and think for themselves. I do not need to "exaggerate" to make a point because the evidence says it all.

For example, according to reports from both the U.S. Department of State and DHS, the actual numbers of imported foreign workers and foreign students into the U.S. to take jobs AWAY from U.S. workers is 10,766,988. (Foreign students are allowed to come to the U.S. on the pretext to "study" but actually work by taking jobs away from U.S. workers.) These numbers do not include the families of the foreign workers, who also entered the U.S. to work and take even more U.S. jobs from Americans.

There are approximately 157.1 million employed individuals in the United States according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statics. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm Of the 157 million, approximately 60 million are imported foreign workers who have ALREADY replaced U.S. workers.

Each imported "worker" enters the U.S. on a "workers" visa to take a U.S. based job. Every foreign "worker" who entered the U.S. took away a job already occupied by a competent American. (The foreign "worker" did not come to the U.S to go to Disneyland -- they went to take away American jobs!) IN FACT, the Americans had to train his incompetent foreign worker to be paid.

JB: With those huge numbers, I understand that this phenomenon is not limited to Disney alone. Is this "insourcing" becoming the rule rather than the exception, God forbid?

JO: Yes. For example, the "Queen" of excluding U.S. workers is presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, who has stated that she used the H-1b visa program to import foreign workers while CEO at Hewlett-Packard and laid off more than 30,000 U.S. employees while CEO of HP between 1999 and 2005. In 2004, Fiorina stated: "There is no job that is America's God given right anymore." Carly Fiorina, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/09/04; Investors Business Daily, 1/8/04. In fact, she called the exclusion of American workers "Right Shoring."

JB: Yikes!

JO: This problem prevails throughout corporate America. Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley, after investigations, acknowledge that "companies . . . discriminat[ion] against American workers are so brazen that their job advertisements say 'H-1B visa holders only.' And some companies in the United States have workforces that consist almost entirely of [foreign] guest-workers."

On June 6, 2015, Fiorina admitted that the fraud and abuse in importing foreign workers was so widespread that it had become an industry.

The segregation of Americans out of the American job market is almost complete. There are "foreigners only" want advertisement all across the country. Without even a modicum of shame, corporations are posting discriminatory want ads, some even stipulating "No Americans need apply." Outside of Chicago, an advertisement for an IT programmer boldly states, "H-1b Holders Only". Another advertisement for an entry level job states - foreign students - ONLY. A third advertises "Walk-in Interviews" for a job opening in New Jersey - but you must go to Pune, India to interview! Indian headhunters are recruiting in India for K-12 teachers, cancer surgeons and real estate salespersons to work in the United States. An information technology staffing firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., posted an advertisement for a technical writer to work on projects for a Chinese client. The advertisement read "arrogant American(s)" need not apply.

JB: This is extremely disheartening and disturbing. Outrageous. What can the public do about this? And where's the press?

JO: First, the public must educate itself. With all humility, my website is the most comprehensive in supplying all types of information pertaining to the guest-worker visas. There is a rendition of the history of the visas programs, pretext arguments for importing foreign workers to replace American workers, as well as, an article that recites the State Department's number of 9.9 million visas issued in 2014 to foreigners to come into the U.S. to take away jobs.

Second, the public must publicize the facts to each other: tell everyone, friends, enemies, parents, clergy. Once the facts are known to the public, then, Congress will be forced to protect American workers. The government reports establish that almost 60 million foreigners have been imported to take away jobs.

Third, get ready to sue. You have a right to discrimination-free work and workplaces. Again, my website contains the information needed to protect you and your family from the devastation of illegal job termination.

In short, the public must take action to protect themselves.

JB: Agreed. What kind of country will we have if there are no jobs left for any of us? Thanks so much for filling us in, James. It hasn't been much fun but keeping our heads in the sand won't help us get American jobs back, either. At the very least, we can soundly reject candidates of any sort who exhibit or support such irresponsible corporate behavior.

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Authors Bio:

Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of transparency and the ability to accurately check and authenticate the vote cast, these systems can alter election results and therefore are simply antithetical to democratic principles and functioning.



Since the pivotal 2004 Presidential election, Joan has come to see the connection between a broken election system, a dysfunctional, corporate media and a total lack of campaign finance reform. This has led her to enlarge the parameters of her writing to include interviews with whistle-blowers and articulate others who give a view quite different from that presented by the mainstream media. She also turns the spotlight on activists and ordinary folks who are striving to make a difference, to clean up and improve their corner of the world. By focusing on these intrepid individuals, she gives hope and inspiration to those who might otherwise be turned off and alienated. She also interviews people in the arts in all their variations - authors, journalists, filmmakers, actors, playwrights, and artists. Why? The bottom line: without art and inspiration, we lose one of the best parts of ourselves. And we're all in this together. If Joan can keep even one of her fellow citizens going another day, she considers her job well done.


When Joan hit one million page views, OEN Managing Editor, Meryl Ann Butler interviewed her, turning interviewer briefly into interviewee. Read the interview here.

While the news is often quite depressing, Joan nevertheless strives to maintain her mantra: "Grab life now in an exuberant embrace!"


Joan has been Election Integrity Editor for OpEdNews since December, 2005. Her articles also appear at Huffington Post, RepublicMedia.TV and Scoop.co.nz.