James O’Keefe and Project Veritas have gotten their hands on an internal document, given to them by a whistleblower, that shows how for HR positions Facebook is prioritizing H-1B applicants from China and Korea over American applicants.
Here’s more from PV:
Project Veritas today released a story featuring a human resources memorandum prioritizing overseas nationals to reduce the number of American employees by a Facebook Insider
The confidential Facebook memorandum explicitly stated: “Priority may be given to H-1B applicants from China and Korea to foster larger communities of diverse workers at Facebook.” However, when asked for comment, Facebook adamantly opposed the authenticity then refused to answer any additional questions.
FaceBook is denying that the document is real…
Andy Stone, the policy communications director for Facebook told James O’Keefe, the founder and CEO of Project Veritas, the document was not real in a phone call, but wouldn’t go further.
O’Keefe said Facebook is posturing, rather than addressing the issues in the leaked
memo.“The social media giant is clearly taking a defensive stance which raises questions beyond the document. Their corporate posture is telling that while a record number of Americans are looking for work, one of America’s leading companies is credited with a memo targeting recruitment of foreign workers by nationality, then suspending six employees they suspect of revealing it. It doesn’t add up,” O’Keefe said.
Immediately following Stone’s comments O’Keefe spoke with the Insider via Skype who was simultaneously losing access to his workplace accounts.
“I’m not sure why this is happening or what’s going on. I’m not receiving any responses from anyone. I’m reaching out to multiple people, and I have yet to hear back from anybody,” said the Insider.
In a previous interview with O’Keefe, the Insider said the H-1B policy memo was acquired after it had come across his desk in “normal operation. The insider grew concerned after reading the Diversity Initiative Board described in the memo, was to create internal momentum for diversity while highlighting: “…Priority may be given to H-1B applicants from China and Korea to foster larger communities of diverse workers at Facebook.”
If in fact this is the policy of Facebook, it’s discrimination and it’s illegal:
Steve R. Klein, a constitutional lawyer, told O’Keefe that employment practices spelled out in the confidential Facebook document potentially create both federal and California legal jeopardy for the company.
“…this document that not only is that discriminating against Americans or suggesting a policy that does that, it’s also even within the H-1B process, saying that applicants from China and Korea will be prioritized to foster larger communities of diverse workers and
Facebook,” Klein said.Klein told O’Keefe: “California employment law really parallels the federal Civil Rights Act in a lot of important respects, and if this is policy that’s being implemented at Facebook, it should raise concerns among people applying to Facebook.”
Under federal law, penalties for aggrieved applicants or employees can include back pay, costs, civil fines, injunctive relief such as reinstatement or promotion, attorney fees, and pain and suffering damages up to $300,000, Klein said.
This is just more proof of how the H-1B visa process is abused by companies in the name of diversity and why it needs to be ended.
UPDATE: Turns out the document is indeed real…