former H1B & like any red blooded liberal, a Trump critic. However, on this particular matter I agree with the man. H1B is basically indentured servitude for em

former H1B & like any red blooded liberal, a Trump critic. However, on this particular matter I agree with the man. H1B is basically indentured servitude for employer. Its not just that you get paid less salary & bonuses it also reduces the bargaining ability when looking for potential opportunities as there is a lengthy transfer process that requires new employer to spend money. Another practice that I have seen happen lately is (atleast common in employers like amazon etc) is that the younglings that get hired on H1B get a fairly low level position like engineer-I. they are then told that they are ineligible for green card processing until they get to next level. so in effect they are either working 60+ hours a week eyeing for that promotion or just burning their early years out of scarce 6 years limit. Honestly I dont know how is this legal. then there is matter of green card processing and prio date regression which is a whole another can of worms. IMHO at the salaries most young indians are coming to valley and given the rise of startup ecosystem in india, its almost not worth it especially if you look at cost of living here. One more thing, often immigrant managers who themselves have hone through the process or are aware of intricacies are the worst exploiters as they know when employees are most vulnerable. Lastly, Dont even get me started on the 'consulting' micro body shops that do shit thats clearly illegal & would land the employee is fair bit of trouble if detected. I definitely have to applaud trump for doing something about this even if under the guise of xenofobia. that said 130k limit will definitely have effect on the small body shops that are exploitative as hell. there is one positive thing that happened in last few years which should be preserved, its the ability for dependent spouse (H4) visa to find employment. the wifes that come over here are fairly well educated & have carriers of there own. they often fall into isolation and get depressed due to lack of social circle & opportunities. I wish that still remains viable.