The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and three major labor unions are suing President Trump — not to protect American workers, but to protect the foreign labor and global corporations they’ve grown dependent on. Their lawsuits reveal just how far these institutions have strayed from the very people they claim to represent.
In one lawsuit, the United Auto Workers (UAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) sued the Trump administration over an AI-powered social media monitoring program designed to identify extremist noncitizens. The unions claim the policy violates constitutional rights by flagging “disfavored viewpoints” online and chilling political activity among foreign visa holders.
“The administration is hunting online for an ever-growing list of disfavored viewpoints,” said Golnaz Fakhimi, legal director of Muslim Advocates, which is supporting the lawsuit.
The unions argue that noncitizens are self-censoring to avoid visa problems — but their lawsuit is funded with American members’ dues, and it prioritizes the rights of foreigners over national security. The program, established under Trump’s Executive Order 14161, is intended to protect Americans by screening out those who express hostility toward the United States. As the State Department made clear:
“We will continue to revoke the visas of those who put the safety of our citizens at risk,” said Tommy Pigott, State Department spokesman.
Instead of backing stronger security, the unions are spending resources defending noncitizens here on temporary visas — guests of the United States, not citizens. It’s another sign of how far modern labor leadership has drifted from protecting American workers and families.
In the second lawsuit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, representing more than 300,000 corporate interests, sued over Trump’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee. The fee, created through an executive order in September, applies to new applicants in the annual H-1B visa lottery and is aimed at discouraging companies from exploiting cheap foreign labor instead of hiring qualified Americans. The Chamber claims the rule exceeds presidential authority and harms business interests.
“Many members of the U.S. Chamber are bracing for the need to scale back or entirely walk away from the H-1B program, to the detriment of their investors, customers, and their own existing employees,” the Chamber said in its filing.
That statement says it all. The Chamber isn’t worried about American citizens — it’s worried about its investors. By fighting Trump’s fee, the organization is defending companies that have long used foreign visa workers to undercut wages and replace U.S. talent. The very group that once represented American business owners is now protecting multinational corporations that profit from global labor pipelines.
Both lawsuits are being driven by groups with deep pockets and global ties — unions bankrolled by member dues and left-wing legal groups, and the Chamber powered by multinational corporations and foreign outsourcing firms. Neither is fighting for American workers. They’re fighting to keep the global system that keeps wages low, borders open, and the American worker expendable.
The unions were built to defend American workers. The Chamber was built to promote American business. But today, both are spending millions attacking the only administration trying to defend American jobs and sovereignty. They’ve forgotten who they work for — and the people footing the bill are the very Americans they’ve abandoned.
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Pro-Migrant Unions Sue Trump Admin Over Surveillance of Visa Holders on Social Media
Foreign Labor Addicted Chamber of Commerce Sues Trump Over New H-1B Visa Fee