<Academia, publicly funded research labs, non-profits... are already cap-exempt.> And there are other skills-specific visa categories. For example, a professi

<Academia, publicly funded research labs, non-profits... are already cap-exempt.> And there are other skills-specific visa categories. For example, a professional hockey player on a North American roster from wherever is never denied a visa because of any other visa quota (H-1 variants, L variants, etc.)