For generations, a job at TxDOT meant something. It meant your kids could go to college. It meant a pension and health insurance in a state that doesn’t offer much of either. It was one of the clearest on-ramps into the middle class available to working Texans — Black, Hispanic, White, and Native American families alike built careers there.
The data below shows that 132 H-1B workers are currently placed at TxDOT through 13 outside staffing and consulting firms. The largest single vendor, CGI Technologies, holds 100 petitions — 50 filed each quarter — all for the same job title at the same wage. Those are IT positions that Texas workers could fill. Nobody in Austin, San Antonio, or El Paso got a phone call first.