Conservative commentator Chris Brunet has been on a streak of spotlighting H-1B hiring notices from U.S. employers, repeatedly posting federally required filings on X with the caption, “No American citizen was qualified for this job.”
His latest target is New York University, where a public notice shows the institution intends to hire an H-1B worker for a Data Reference and Collections Librarian role with a starting salary of $93,187 a year.
In a post on X, Brunet pointed to a public notice filed by New York University, writing:
“New York University (@nyuniversity) has filed a notice of intent to hire an H-1B Data Reference and Collections Librarian. Salary: $93k.”
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The post included an image of NYU’s official Labor Condition Application (LCA) notice, a document employer is required to publicly post before hiring certain foreign workers under the H-1B or E-3 visa programs.
According to the notice, NYU’s Office of Global Services has announced its intention to employ one H-1B or E-3 visa holder as a Data Reference and Collections Librarian. The position falls under the U.S. Department of Labor’s occupational classification for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists (25-4022).
The university listed a starting annual salary of $93,187 for the role. The proposed employment period runs for three years, beginning December 1, 2026, and ending November 30, 2029.
The employee would be based on-site at Bobst Library, NYU’s main library located at 70 Washington Square South in New York City.
The public notice further states that it will remain posted from June 30 through July 15, 2026, in accordance with federal requirements governing Labor Condition Applications.
However, an LCA filing by itself does not indicate that no U.S. worker applied for or was considered for the role. Instead, it is a required step in the H-1B process that allows employers to attest to wage and working condition requirements before filing a visa petition with U.S. immigration authorities.
The notice also does not provide details about the applicant selected for the position or the university’s recruitment process. It serves as a public disclosure that NYU intends to seek authorization to employ a foreign national under the H-1B or E-3 visa program.
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Also, Brunet has shared similar posts in recent weeks of H-1B hiring notices from other universities. In one instance, he posted screenshots of two public filings from the University of Michigan, claiming the school planned to hire foreign workers for an Intermediate Software Developer role with a salary of $72,100 and an Intermediate Database Administrator position paying $75,000 annually.
Sharing the notices on X, Brunet wrote:
“The University of Michigan has filed 2 notices of intent to hire H-1B workers
Intermediate Software Developer, salary: $72,100
Intermediate Database Administrator, salary: $75,000
No American software or database developers were qualified for these positions.”
The notices were associated with departments at the university’s Ann Arbor campus, including the Office of Medical Student Education and the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine. Like the NYU filing, the University of Michigan notices were federally required Labor Condition Application postings that employers must make available to the public before filing certain H-1B visa petitions.