> You also greatly overestimate the amount of competent people in the US. Most companies, like FB and Google and Uber, and not hiring from abroad because its ch

> You also greatly overestimate the amount of competent people in the US. Most companies, like FB and Google and Uber, and not hiring from abroad because its cheaper. They are doing it because there are not enough competent people in the US to fill the jobs. I disagree with this. I think companies abusing H1Bs aggravate the issue of lack of diversity in the tech industry based on my experience alone as a minority in the tech industry. There must be a good amount of competent people in the US, they just happen to be minorities. There's recruiters and even hiring managers at tech companies that believe that a South Asian, East Asian, European, white male/female is more competent than a Latino or African American male or female, based on their name alone. Being on hiring committees at a tech giant, I've found that bias is even greater when dealing with South Asian and East Asian hiring managers, who usually prefer to hire competent people from their countries (Sometimes requiring visas, sometimes not). I can't imagine it's that much different at other tech companies.