Internet sleuths have uncovered a likely illegal scheme where U.S. companies and job search sites are systematically hiding lucrative job openings from qualified, skilled American workers, all to funnel those jobs directly to foreign workers through H-1B and green card Permanent Labor Certification "PERM" loopholes.

The scheme is as dirty as it gets: corporations bury ads in obscure corners of the internet or tiny Sunday print listings, while deliberately keeping those same jobs off their main career sites where real Americans are actually looking.

Why? So they can claim to have "advertised" positions to U.S. citizens while quietly handing them to foreign applicants.

This was discovered by a grassroots group, and that's why the group of investigators has launched Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans, a new job board exposing these hidden skilled jobs and PERM jobs, and putting them back in the hands of American workers.

So what is a "Permanent Labor Certification (PERM)" worker?

According to the Department of Labor:

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States. In most instances, before the U.S. employer can submit an immigration petition to the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the employer must obtain a certified labor certification application from the DOL's Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The DOL must certify to the USCIS that there are not sufficient U.S. workers able, willing, qualified, and available to accept the job opportunity in the area of intended employment and that employment of the foreign worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers.

According to their X account, "The mission of Jobs.Now is to get Americans access to quality jobs in their own country. We think American workers are the greatest workers in the world, and we exist to make sure they get the chance to be considered for every job first!" the group wrote.