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 67 H-1B worker positions are currently placed at TxDOT through 14 outside staffing and consulting firms. The largest single vendor, CGI Technologies, holds one certified petition covering 50 positions — three-quarters of all H-1B placements at the agency, 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.