Red-state university ripped for offering entry-level job to foreign workers, not grads: 'Woke mind virus'
EXCLUSIVE: An Indiana Republican lawmaker is speaking out against Indiana University after the school posted a job listing advertising the position to be filled by an H-1B visa holder, rather...
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EXCLUSIVE: An Indiana Republican lawmaker is speaking out against Indiana University after the school posted a job listing advertising the position to be filled by an H-1B visa holder, rather than a graduate or Indiana resident. "One of the whole points of a state university is to educate the next generation so they can get jobs here in Indiana and, amazingly, that same school then turns around and says except when we hire people, we're going to hire people from foreign countries instead of our own graduates," state Rep. Andrew Ireland told Fox News Digital. In a Tuesday post on X , Ireland took issue with a job posting on the IU website for a "marketing generalist" that pays $68,000 per year that was classified as a "notice of intent to hire H-1B/E-3 Employee 2." His criticism quickly spread on social media and Ireland told Fox News Digital it was "frustrating" to see the "flagship" university in the state offer that job to a foreign worker rather than a student or graduate of the school. CLICK HERE FOR MORE CAMPUS RADICALS COAST TO COAST At the same time, Ireland told Fox News Digital the job posting is "not a surprise." " I think more than 220 H-1B applications were filed this year for opportunities with different universities and colleges in the state of Indiana," Ireland explained. "These are public universities, public institutions, or the state government in some cases itself that are using H-1B visas to fill positions. But frankly, very few of which seem to be actually technical or unique in nature. There's no specialization to a marketing generalist or a librarian, a marketing instructor. Some of these roles are being filled right now in the state of Indiana with H1B workers." Ireland, a graduate of Indiana University, said there has been a "longtime struggle" with the university’s "political bend" and reflected on a situation when he was a student where he says a journalism professor suggested to him that GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, who Ireland worked for as a stu…