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The chief law enforcement officer of one state in Australia is warning that under a new law, some prayers all of a sudden are illegal.
That word comes from Michael Daley, the attorney general for New South Wales.
The details were released by the Australian Christian Lobby, which warned, "Have you ever been asked to pray for someone who is questioning their sexual desires or biological sex, but is seeking to be obedient to God's word?
"According to the Attorney General, Michael Daley, the NSW Conversion Practices Ban Act makes some prayers with, or over, someone about these matters illegal regardless of consent.
"We thank the Hon. Susan Carter for advocating for clarity on the legislation. Thank you for asking the questions no one else will. We will continue to advocate for clear answers on this legislation and work to ensure that everyone has the right to pray without limitations.
"As we live with this new legislation, let us reflect on the prayer for boldness in Acts 4:23-31, specifically verse 29 – 'Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.' Pray our churches and Christian leaders remain bold and uncompromising in their commitment to God's Word in their ministry."
According to the Christian Institute, Daley was responding to a question from politician Susan Carter, who raised concerns over the Conversion Practices Ban Act.
"Daley implied that this could even include silent prayer, when Carter raised it as an example," the report explained.
The organization Anti-Discrimination NSW said "conversion practices" could resemble "prayer or pastoral conversation that is intended to change or suppress someone's gender or sexuality."
Carter raised the question about whether the government was prohibiting prayer.
Daley confirmed, "If it's an unlawful prayer, then it's not a lawful prayer."
Lyle Shelton, of the Family First Australia organization, turned blunt: "Prayer has always been about change – change in circumstances, change in hearts, change in lives. To criminalize a prayer that someone requests is a staggering overreach of state power into the private and spiritual lives of citizens."
He continued, "It is chilling to think that a mum or dad, pastor, or friend could face sanction for praying with someone who explicitly asked for prayer to help them follow God's word."
Simon Calvert, of the Christian Institute and spokesman for the Institute's Let Us Pray campaign, which opposes new legislation, said in March: "A ban is not necessary, because everyone is already legally protected from abuse, and not possible, because banning harmless speech about sex and sexuality is tyrannical."
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Americans often hear the mind-numbing statistic that fentanyl poisoning is the No. 1 cause of death for Americans aged 18-45.
Most do not comprehend how this can be, not understanding that the powerful narcotic – unlike almost any other drug – is not just addicting, but is frequently added to other illicit drugs for the express purpose of poisoning/killing Americans.
Thus there is a significant deficit in education and awareness among the American public regarding the battle against lethal synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
WorldNetDaily recently interviewed Lisa Carole Cude, a mother who has experienced the devastating effects of fentanyl firsthand.
Cude's firstborn son, Jordan, was in active recovery for substance use addiction, having moved from a restrictive residential treatment center for eight months to a less-restrictive sober living home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Three weeks after Jordan moved into the sober living house with five men in active recovery for substance use, Lisa Cude invited her sons for lunch to "share some time together" and "celebrate life." Jordan was "doing extremely well, getting his life back together," she said, adding that her son was committed not only to his own recovery but also to helping others. "He was healthy and happy, moving forward, doing all of the necessary hard-work and dedication towards a better life," she said, noting he was "free from all substances."
Then, on the night of that very day, March 20, 2021, he lost his life. The mother of three was "blindsided" the next day when three uniformed officers knocked on her door to inform her of losing Jordan.
"I thought those knocks were him arriving early for dinner," she told WND, as she was preparing for a Sunday family get-together. "Instead of a happy occasion, and through the shock, I had to inform my other sons and their father the devastating news." She lamented, "The enormity of the pain is indescribable for all who loved him," adding, "I wish it on no one."
Later, revealed Lisa Cude, "a toxicology report came back full of a deadly dose of fentanyl cut with cocaine." With much regret, she said her son relapsed with his roommate. "They purchased cocaine, and it was full of fentanyl." As she explained, "You don't die from cocaine. I know for a fact that he did not want to die, and he was poisoned, unknowingly, sold cocaine cut with 28ngs of pure fentanyl – enough to kill 14 men."
Sadly, not only did Jordan make an unsuccessful attempt to save his friend by notifying 911, but he also succumbed to the poison himself. "They both lost their lives to this deadly drug," his mother told WND, "along with the hundreds of thousands of others dying in our country each year. You can fill easily up a football stadium with the number of lives lost to this poison."
"I can't even describe the pain and heartache and shock that I went into," Lisa Cude shared, admitting "it's something that you live with every moment of every day." Since that tragic day, she has sought to "channel" her sorrow and raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, "to spare other families this grief towards positive changes in hope of saving lives." She added, "Education is key [and] knowledge is power."
"Never believe that it can't be your son or daughter, or in your wonderful community," she said. "The media often tries to depict addiction as something those living on the streets are dealing with, and while those people truly matter, the truth is that addiction affects the lives of anyone, regardless of their socioeconomic status." For her, it's imperative that everyone understands that addiction "has no boundaries, [affecting] every socio-economic background, in every workplace, in every profession, in every school, in every church, and in every community no matter how small or big."
For her son Jordan, the addiction that spiraled out of control began "innocently with a pain prescription of Percocet for the removal of wisdom teeth." He moved from liking the way the pills made him feel on to "party pills" with his friends, to include drugs prescribed by doctors, like highly addictive OxyContin.
Describing how they inevitably moved on to "street heroin," she noted that "prescription OxyContin is synthetic heroin," adding that both are highly addictive and potent opioids.
"Never in his medical and therapy records or in his journals was fentanyl ever mentioned," Lisa Cude said. "When in active addiction, his drugs of choice were heroin, cocaine and Xanax." For others, the cycle could begin with something as simple as taking a pill to manage anxiety or boost energy. In any of the situations, she cautioned, even a small amount of fentanyl mixed into any drug, including a fake pill, could prove fatal for the user.
"None of the media or our government is doing enough to save the lives of those who didn't want to die," she lamented. What is needed, she said, is "a major media blitz and public service announcements with factual information and mandatory education in all levels of education systems throughout our country."
"Treat this travesty like the Covid pandemic," she said. "Scare people straight with the facts."
Lisa Cude praises people like Derek Maltz, a former head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Special Operations Division and former acting administrator of the DEA, for bringing this issue to the forefront. As Maltz frequently emphasizes, she likewise believes there is a significant need for extensive public service announcements, engagement from celebrities to connect with younger audiences on the dangers of fentanyl, and enhanced bipartisan government initiatives that not only continue to halt the influx of fentanyl into the nation, but also boost awareness and education for both children and adults.
Equally important to Lisa Cude, she told WND, is her "belief in Jesus Christ. If it wasn't for my faith in Christ, I would not be here, as it is only this faith that has pulled me through this and has been constant through it all."
She wants to offer this hard-won wisdom to others, too, and has created a blog, a podcast and devotionals for healing, directed toward grieving parents, people battling addiction and "the people who love them through it" – sharing her faith throughout.
"There are so many terrible stories out there, but there is also hope," she told WND. "No matter what comes our way, we can't lose focus of our faith."
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said in a Breitbart News exclusive interview that he has everything set up to move a block of 48 Trump nominees through the Senate for confirmation as soon as Thursday, the first step in breaking a Democrat logjam that has prevented hundreds of nominees from being confirmed using the normal methods.
The process of changing the rules to stop Democrats from slow-walking virtually all of President Donald Trump's nominees has taken the last two weeks, but Thune is adamant that the obstruction tactics end so that Trump can have his nominees in place.
“As we’ve discussed in the past, President Trump deserves to have his team members in place so he can enact his agenda which the American people voted for last November,” Thune said on Tuesday afternoon. “He’s the only president on record in history to not have a single civilian nominee confirmed via voice vote or unanimous consent at this point in his presidency. So the Democrats’ long, unprecedented blockade has gone on for way too long and it’s going to end soon and we intend to start that this week."
Thune said that the block of 48 will be the first in history, but that it's necessary because of the Democrats' obstructionist tactics, which are also unprecedented.
"So what will happen is, on Thursday, we’ll have a bloc," he said. "It will be 48. It’s the first bloc that we will move in bloc so that this blockade, these dilatory tactics, this unprecedented obstruction that the Democrats have engaged in has to end. So we took the steps to do that. We set it up last week, and we will conclude it this week. Then in the future we’ll be able to do a lot of the Trump nominees in batches, if you will, as opposed to individually, which is what the Democrats have forced us to do, and in ways that have never been done in history, in the past.”
It's kind of surprising that Republicans in the Senate have put up with these obstruction tactics for as long as they have.
Trump has been in office for nine months; it is about time that they do something to break the blockade.
Thune even told Breitbart that the Democrats are "putting America’s national security interests at risk all around the world" just because they have Trump Derangement Syndrome.
“These are key positions that need to be filled, and in the past they would have been filled by unanimous consent because everybody recognized that a president who wins is a duly elected president and won a huge mandate in an election and deserves to have their team in place," he said.
"We live in a dangerous world," he added. "We need representation in a lot of these key posts around the world today, and the Democrats have been blocking it now for going on nine months since the President took office. So it’s got to come to an end."
After Democrats rejected a bipartisan solution to the logjam that would have kept the current rules intact, there was complete unity among the GOP senators for the change.
"Thankfully all our Republicans understood what was at stake and we’ve all hung together," Thune said. "We had all 53 Republicans to do this and we’re going to finish it this week.”
Really, what choice did they have?
As Thune noted, the Democrats have been "almost pathological" in their hatred of Trump, so it was time to do what needed to be done.
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Most professions and blue collar jobs work like this: The more experienced a person is at work, the better the pay. And with more experience and better pay, they produce better results.
Seems that doesn't necessarily apply to teaching.
A report in the Washington Stand, citing Open the Books evidence, found that in more than 12,000 school districts, there's "a negative correlation between overhead and student performance."
"In other words, districts that spent more on teacher and administrative pay saw their students' standardized test scores drop," the research organization reported.
Open the Books works with freedom of information and other procedures to access details. It boasts it provides public access to "every dime, online, in real time."
"Using the Open the Books proprietary database of government salaries across America, we calculated how much each U.S. state increased its public-school payrolls from 2019 to 2023. We compared that number to the change in each state's ranking on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which measures reading and math skills for 4th and 8th graders," the foundation said.
"By plotting the percentage change in payroll, state by state, versus the percentage change in the national rankings of its districts, a surprising picture emerges. Growing payrolls are not closely correlated with improved performance among districts in a given state. In fact, the opposite correlation appears. There is a mild inverse relationship between these two data sets. Higher overhead costs are associated with lower test scores," the group said.
There was a word of caution in the analysis: Just because there is a correlation doesn't necessarily mean that higher wages cause lower test scores, and Open the Books said that raises another question.
"Is the negative correlation more likely the result of increased teacher pay or is higher pay for administrators a factor?" it said.
The report cited earlier studies, dating back some 40 years, that suggested higher pay for administrators was more likely a cause of lower student stores.
That means, Open the Books explained, "administrative bloat in public schools is not new."
An economics professor at Kennesaw State University, in fact, found that non-teaching staff at U.S. public schools exploded 702% from 1950 to 2009, while teaching staff rose 252%. And during that time, student scores fell, the report said.
The report noted that in Maine, educator pay rose 19% from 2019 to 2024. But student scores dropped a startling 16 positions in the ranking of 50 statse.
The report said, "Maryland is making historic investments in education through its 10-year, $30 billion Blueprint for Maryland's Future plan. However, the plan has put such a strain on city and county finances that local legislator Joseph Stonko recently called it the 'Blueprint to Bankrupt Maryland's Future.' In Maryland, student performance has yet to improve. In fact, since the Blueprint bill was first discussed in 2019, Maryland's ranking on NAEP exams has dropped eight spots."
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President Donald Trump already has confirmed he would be on board with designating Antifa, and other far-left radicals across America, as domestic terrorists.
His confirmation came in a response to a question from The Center Square.
Now the House of Representatives is working on that very project.
She proposed the legislation a few months ago, and it has been pending before the House Committee on the Judiciary since.
She said that's changing.
"I just received word from the Speaker that he is fully supporting my bill to designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization, and it will be placed in the State Department reauthorization bill that will be going through committee this week," Luna said on social media.
The proposal cites multiple instances of violence from all across America allegedly committed or instigated by members of Antifa, situations that have left behind billions of dollars in damage and injured law enforcement officers.
Antifa rose in prominence after the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, and purportedly represents those who are "anti-fascists," although their violent tactics actually align with that political thought at times.
"Over the summer of 2020, Antifa assisted in inflicting over $2,000,000,000 in damages against churches, Federal buildings, businesses, and other downtown structures across 20 States, resulting in the death of at least 30 individuals as well as 700 injured police officers," the legislation charges.
"[In] March 2023, Antifa-affiliated rioters set fire to the future Atlanta police training facility by launching fireworks, Molotov cocktails, and other destructive items at police officers and into the facility's construction site resulting in arrests of 23 extremists on charges of domestic terrorism."
The Department of Justice already has labeled the organization's violence "as domestic terrorism," in a verdict that stated, "The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly."
Trump said he considering taking the action against not only Antifa, but other groups as well, although he did not name any more.
"He said he's talked with Attorney General Pam Bondi about bringing federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges against some of these organizations and their donors," the report said.
"There are other groups, yeah, there are other groups. We have some pretty radical groups, and they got away with murder. And also, I've been speaking to the Attorney General about bringing RICO against some of the people that you've been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation," Trump said.
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The Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Wednesday cut interest rates one-quarter of a point, establishing the benchmark at 4% to 4.25%, after blocking President Donald Trump's economic agenda – building back America's business interests, manufacturing and expansion, for months.
The Dow Jones Industrial Averages, which had been percolating in the mid to upper 45,000 range, promptly surged past 46,000 and actually closed the day there.
The reduction was the first from the controversial Fed operations since 2024.
Officials did signal the possibility for two more cuts later this year, reports confirmed.
"Recent indicators suggest that growth of economic activity moderated in the first half of the year," said the Federal Open Market Committee. "Job gains have slowed, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remains low. Inflation has moved up and remains somewhat elevated."
Stephen Miran, Trump's newest Fed appointee, had wanted a half point cut. And Lisa Cook, under investigation on allegations of mortgage fraud and fighting Trump's decision to fire her, voted with others for the quarter point cut.
The benchmark had been, before Wednesday's announced, at 4.5% to 4.25%.
Interest rates had exploded to more than 9% under Joe Biden's tenure in the White House, and Trump has been working to expand America's economic base, return manufacture to its shores, obtain fair international trade agreements and much more while trying to keep inflation low and job creation up. Both of those figures have been moderate in recent assessments.
America's housing industry, which has been stalled because of the interest rates mandated by Fed chief Jerome Powell, could start seeing an increase in activity because of Wednesday's decision.
The House of Representatives voted to pass a bill aimed at deterring illegal immigration, over the objections of nearly every Democrat.
The "Stop Illegal Entry" act passed 226-197, with only 11 Democrats crossing the aisle to support the commonsense measure, led by Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Ok.)
As reported by Fox News, if signed into law, the bill would require a 5-year minimum prison sentence for illegal aliens who commit felonies after entering the United States.
Long Island Democrat Laura Gillen (Ny.) called the Stop Illegal Entry Act "common sense," but few in her party seem to agree. She was one of only 11 Democrats who voted for the bill.
The legislation is a direct response to the Biden administration's disastrous immigration policies, which brought millions of illegal aliens into the United States, including dangerous criminals who raped and killed Americans.
"Americans overwhelmingly agree that violent criminals without legal status have no place in our country and should be held accountable to the full extent of our nation’s immigration laws," Gillen said.
"The previous administration’s inaction on the border led to a full-blown crisis that drained taxpayers’ wallets and made our communities less safe."
Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Tx.), Don Davis (Nc.), Jared Golden (Me.), Vicente Gonzalez (Tx.), Adam Gray (D-Ca.). Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mi.), Frank Mrvan (D-In.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wa.), Tom Suozzi, (D-Ny.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-Nm.) also voted yes.
Democrats have broadly opposed President Trump's mass immigration crackdown, accusing the president of breaking his pledge to target the "worst of the worst" by rounding up people without criminal records.
But the Stop Illegal Entry Act strengthens penalties for criminal aliens, establishing a five-year minimum sentence for illegal aliens who commit felonies.
The bill also strengthens deterrence more broadly by increasing the maximum punishment for illegal re-entry from two years to up to 10 years.
President Trump has already said he will sign the bill into law if it reaches his desk.
“By targeting repeat offenders and imposing harsh penalties on violent felons who re-enter after deportation, this bill defends the rule of law and sends an unmistakable message: if you break our laws, there will be severe consequences,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “Criminal illegal aliens have no place in this country, and House Republicans are committed to uphold the integrity of our laws.”
This bill is as moderate as it gets on immigration. It would keep out dangerous foreigners who have no place in America and send a clear message to anyone seeking to enter illegally to think twice.
But it's hardly news that Democrats don't want to stop illegal immigration. That's the only reasonable interpretation of this vote.
President Trump is investing millions of dollars in charter schools, a big boost for the growing school choice movement.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced $60 million in new funding for charter schools as part of a larger budget shift.
The new investments also include $137 million to promote civics education and history, and a one-time $500 million investment in tribal colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs.)
Trump has long prioritized school choice, emphasizing the need for parents to have an alternative to low-performing public schools.
More than 1 million students have left public schools since the COVID. The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress found student achievement is at historic lows, continuing a dismal trend that accelerated during the pandemic.
"Following the release of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, which showed dismal educational outcomes across the nation, the Department plans to award grants totaling $500 million for charter schools to support education choice in fiscal year 2025," the Department of Education said. "This marks the largest investment ever in the Charter Schools Program and fulfills a commitment the Department made earlier this year."
Trump is also dedicating $137 million to promote education in American civics and history ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary next year. The president has long lamented the impact of leftist indoctrination in classrooms where kids learn to hate their country.
The administration is increasing funding for Historically Black Colleges by 48% and doubling support for tribal colleges.
The federal funding is being repurposed from "ineffective and discriminatory programs" that divide citizens based on race, McMahon said.
Trump is diverting $140 million from teacher training programs that promote divisive ideology, $15 million from magnet schools, $9 million from gifted and talented programs, and $31 million from PBS' Ready to Learn, the New York Times reported.
The largest funding cut targets $350 million for "minority-serving" institutions that have long received federal funding based on racial quotas. About 70% of these schools are geared towards raising Hispanic enrollment by requiring at least a quarter of undergraduate students to be Hispanic.
Trump has long supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities - which do not use quotas - going back to his first White House term.
"Today, the Department is making three massive investments – redirecting financial support away from ineffective and discriminatory programs toward those which support student success. We are proud to make the largest investment in the Charter Schools Grants Program in the Department’s history, support American history programs that will inspire young people to be active and informed citizens, and recognize Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities’ historic contributions to improving education and opportunity in our country,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
“The Department has carefully scrutinized our federal grants, ensuring that taxpayers are not funding racially discriminatory programs but those programs which promote merit and excellence in education. The Trump Administration will use every available tool to meaningfully advance educational outcomes and ensure every American has the opportunity to succeed in life.”
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It seems like the cash flow the Biden family members enjoyed during his years in power in Washington now is only a trickle.
WND reported some weeks ago that former First Son Hunter Biden, documented by congressional investigators to be among the Biden family recipients of tens of millions of dollars in a years-long influence peddling operation while Joe Biden was vice president, then president, was claiming of a lack of money.
A report in the New York Post at the time explained the 55-year-old was pleading with a judge to dismiss one of his lawsuits because he was too broke to continue it.
Hunter Biden cited plunging sales of his artwork, a lack of interest in his book, and "significant" debt.
He said in a court filing, "[Hunter] has suffered a significant downturn in his income and has significant debt in the millions of dollars range."
He said he knew his "financial position" was deteriorating, then suddenly realized action had to be taken.
"In the 2 to 3 years prior to December 2023, I sold 27 pieces for art at an average price of $54,481.48, but since then I have only sold 1 piece of art for $36,000. Similarly, for my book sales, in the six month period before the statements (April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023), based on the September 30, 2023 statement, 3,161 copies of my book were sold, but in the six months after the statements, only approximately 1,100 books were sold."
And he's not getting any invitations for those speeches, which often bring big paychecks.
Now a new report from the Wall Street Journal points out that Hunter Biden isn't alone: Joe Biden isn't having a great time financially either.
In fact, that publication said Joe Biden's "post-presidency" is "less lucrative than what he had expected."
After two terms as vice president, and one as president, his current reality is "a leaner next chapter that lacks the well-funded foundations, plans for exquisite libraries and full calendar of paid speeches."
All of those perks have been delivered for other former presidents.
He's taking American Airlines flights instead of private jets, and while paid speaking engagements can generate $300,000 or more, they are "limited, and at least one organization tried to negotiate below that range."
He has said he intends to pay off some $800,000 in personal debt, including loans on one of his homes, the Rehoboth Beach house.
"On top of bills for his son Hunter Biden's legal woes, Biden also wanted to help his daughter Ashley, who filed for divorce last month, and ensure money is left for his grandchildren, people close to the Bidens said," according to the report.
There is a $10 million book deal that will provide some financial boost, and he gets pensions from taxpayers of more than $400,000 a year.
One publication source said if the family keeps a "modest-for-the-powerful" lifestyle, things will work out.
But Hunter Biden recently delivered a round of harsh statements on podcasts, "including one that triggered a lawsuit threat from First Lady Melania Trump."
One recent appearance for Joe Biden was to SHRM, a lobbying organization, which reportedly had offered $275,000 for his appearance, eventually agreeing to the $300,000 that was at the low end of the requested range.
And Joe Biden's "memoir" was sold to the Hachette Book Group for a payment in the range of $10 million, only a fraction of what the Obamas secured when they left the White House.
Even social media has noticed:
One big change is what investigators have bluntly called a pay-for-play scheme run by family members for years but no longer generates any revenue, as Joe Biden is out of power in the U.S.
Even his fundraising for a presidential library isn't going well.
"I want an $800,000 refund," demanded John Morgan, a lawyer. He was referring to the nearly $1 million he said he raised for Biden that went to then-Vice President Kamala Harris last year, after she assumed Biden's role as the Democratic presidential nominee, one report explained.
"I don't believe a library will ever be built unless it's a bookmobile from the old days," he said.
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As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, in India worshippers are flocking to the Chilkur Balaji Temple, better known as the "Visa Temple," to seek divine help in securing a U.S. work visa.
Priests bless passports, applicants walk 108 circles around an altar – and thousands believe the ritual offers a holy shortcut to Silicon Valley.
It would all sound like a satire piece, except it isn't. What's unfolding is a ritual economy wherein visas have become a kind of currency of faith.
As the Journal article puts it, "Indian place of worship touts its power to summon divine assistance for people who want to study or work abroad," quoting one participant as saying, "If we come here and pray, we get a visa."
As bizarre as it might seem to picture a deity distributing H-1B approvals, it's no more bizarre than the ways many American companies treat U.S. workers. The H-1B is a temporary work visa intended for highly skilled roles where no qualified U.S. worker is available. Employers must attest that hiring the foreign worker will not harm American wages nor working conditions, applications go through a lottery system and are capped by law. In theory, these safeguards are meant to prevent abuse. In practice, however, the system is routinely gamed, with companies using it as a massive pipeline for cheaper, visa-dependent labor.
So while families in Hyderabad burn incense to improve their immigration odds, Fortune 500 firms in the U.S. are constructing shrines of their own – shrines to outsourcing, offshoring and resumes stamped "foreign worker."
The Visa Temple's premise could just as easily serve as corporate America's HR policy: "If we pray hard enough, maybe we won't have to hire an American."
So laugh, if you like, at the marble floors of India's Visa God. But the real spectacle is how easily U.S. companies avoid hiring Americans and, unlike the temple worshippers, they don't need to walk 108 circles.
They just need to file another visa petition.