CA AJR12

Urges the U.S. Department of Labor and Congress to investigate alleged misuse of the H-1B Visa program, particularly cases where companies replace American workers with foreign visa holders

Calls on companies to cease replacing California employees with foreign workers under the H-1B program or other similar programs

References documented misuse by a California public utility that replaced 400 California workers and notes California's unemployment rate was 6.9 percent in January 2015 with Imperial County at 20.6 percent

Directs the California Assembly Chief Clerk to transmit the resolution to the President, Vice President, congressional leaders, and all California representatives in Congress

Related to Senate Bill No. 477 (2014), which addressed exploitation of foreign temporary workers under federal work visa programs