33:01 Okay, the story itself is infuriating, but just keep in mind when it comes to H1B visas, who's the biggest beneficiary in all of this? Well, of course, it is those coming from India. 70% of H1B visa holders currently come from India, and about 10 to 15% come from China. That means India and China alone are holding over 80% of our H1B visas. Now, if you're a country that truly believed In MAGA, would you allow this to continue to happen? How does this make America great again? It doesn't, it doesn't. Joining me to discuss is Sarah Gonzalez. She is the host of the Sarah's, not the, I always add the the there, Sarah. She's the host of Sarah Gonzalez unfiltered over on The Blaze. And I always catch myself after I do it. But Sarah, you do an incredible job with your show and you've been doing an incredible job in investigating all these H-1B visa scams that are going on all across Texas.
33:52 And you're continuing to do such great work. But we saw the news drop about Microsoft, which I think is an American company, how they're ditching American workers and they're importing foreign labor. This is obviously concerning. What are your thoughts? Yeah, Brianna, thank you for having me. I'm a little bit nervous. You're so fired up and angry. I'm like, oh my gosh, it's a mad Brianna. So hopefully I don't piss you off. No, I love you. I love you back. So what we're seeing is that all of this has been happening right in front of our very eyes where we were so concerned with illegal immigration and nobody was paying attention or very few people were paying attention to all of the legal immigration that was happening that is unprecedented and it's destroying American companies. It's destroying American workers. And so you have Microsoft, you have Southwest
34:41 who just recently added an outsourcing center in Hyderabad, India, which is where most of this fraud comes from. They're just funneling all of this back into their home country. And so of course it's not MAGA, but I mean, there are so many different issues at play with Microsoft, with Southwest, with so many of these corporations. And I know that President Trump recently enacted the $100,000 fee. But unfortunately, it's not enough because what's happening is that these companies are bringing these workers in and they are still hiring them at lower wages than American workers. So these large corporations, they want to save the bottom dollar, they want to save some money. They'll go ahead and snag up all of these H1B workers. And despite the fact that
35:25 that the Department of Labor has specific conditions that say that you have to pay these people what's called a prevailing wage. You have to pay these people the same amount that you would pay these American workers. I'm not sure if anyone at USCIS is even in. There are very few people, we're talking to some of them, actually, you connected us, but I'm like, Where are the people at USCIS? Why are they not on top of this? If they just do basic amounts of digging, they will see that American companies are undercutting, bringing in these H1B workers, paying them less. And so they're saving the money. They're saving enough money that they can still afford to pay the $100,000 to bring these people in. The whole system stinks. The whole thing is corrupt.
36:06 America loses in every instance of this and we really, really have to fix it. And we have to fix it like by the way, like yesterday, it's a huge problem that this needs to be revoked. These people need to be sent back. It is really bad for the American worker, especially with AI. When you factor in AI, AI is taking all of these different jobs already. And then you factor in that we're just importing people to do our jobs It's a really scary situation for this country. Yeah, it is really scary. And the fact that we have the Trump administration right now not pulling away from the H-1B visas. I wanna get your thoughts on this, but I remember just a couple of months ago, he pretty much was okay with the H-1B visas. And then I believe it was the Treasury Secretary came out and said, well, no, I mean, we're gonna bring people in with H-1B visas, but to train American workers. Are you seeing any signs of that?
36:54 No, no, not at all. And in fact, actually, there are other visas that you are eligible for if you are really, really good at your job, right? H-1B is one of them that is supposed to be for the brightest and the best, and you just have this unique skill set. And what we're finding is elementary school math teachers, middle school science teachers, a whole bunch of software engineers when it turns out that they're actually just outsourcing their job anyway. And they're calling their friends back in India and they're saying, hey, can you do this job for me because I'm not actually qualified because I faked my resume and I faked all of my technical experience. I mean, it's a really, really bad situation. And my advice to the Trump administration would be, you still have other visa options available if you want to bring in someone with a unique skill set, if you want to bring in someone
37:41 who really is good at a particular thing. There are other visa options available, but it doesn't need to be this one. This one has shown there's overwhelming proof that it is rife with abuse and fraud. I mean, we've just uncovered the tip of the iceberg. I need like a staff of 10 people to help me sift through all of the tips that we're getting at our tip email address after our first H-1B visa expose. And we just keep peeling back the layers of the onion and it just keeps getting worse and worse and worse. It is the whole system is totally corrupt. it
38:30 all of our housing, they're making housing more unaffordable. And your children are not going to be able to find a job, they're not going to be able to find housing. They're not going to be able to live out their rightful American dream because these people are importing themselves into our country over fraud. Yeah, well that's the part that's really concerning. And Sarah, I don't think Americans understand that even colleges and universities are actually utilizing the H-1B visa program, which is so mind blowing. But I just saw this one too recently, I know there's a bunch in Texas as well. But taxpayer funded Purdue University is hiring according to a post is hiring software engineers and they're doing this with the H-1B visa program. What are your thoughts on this? Cuz this is kind of bizarre. We're talking about a university here and it's not even a cheap position. I believe this is a six figure position that they're currently offering right now. Why would a college and university even do this?
39:20 Right, well, here's what I have found. What I have found in all of this is that it only takes one person who is here on an H-1B visa or who is here for a national who wants to bring their buddies in. And at that point, once they get into these universities, I mean, whether it's a university or whether it's a corporation, Once they get in, they want to just bring as many people over as possible. I mean, with specific regard to universities, you'll have someone who will come in, they will get a position in the university. And then when they will bring in their spouse on the H4 visa, and then their spouse will create more companies and more reasons for people to come over. I mean, it's just you name it. They are in every single sector, public and private.
40:02 Why we are doing this to ourselves is beyond me. It is so obvious to anyone paying attention that we don't need these people coming in and teaching our students whether it is secondary education, whether it's higher education. And you know what, Brianna, some of the tips that I've gotten with regard to that are like, We're bringing in people, not even just software engineers, but professors in our public universities and American students. I kid you not, they're like, we can't understand the professor. This is the only class that I got a D in because I couldn't understand the professor. He had such a thick Indian accent. I literally could not understand. I couldn't comprehend and I ended up bombing the class.
40:41 because I couldn't understand the imported professor that they are bringing. I mean, it's really beyond comprehension why we are allowing this to happen. And with so many issues in this country, it's like we are doing it to ourselves. The answer is right in front of us. If we are just brave enough and bold enough to say, I don't care what you call me. I don't care if you call me xenophobic. I don't care if you call me racist. It really has nothing to do with that. We have to save our country. We have to save our economy. We have to save our jobs. before it's too late. compounds all across the state. And it's obviously very concerning. Ken Paxson being one of the few to jump on board very quickly to speak out against this and launch an investigation to see if there's anything he could do legally to prevent this from becoming a much greater issue. But when I look over to New York City, which is obviously, I'm a New Yorker.