As I mentioned, I am not opposed to H1-B reforms. If there are corporations that are abusing the system by not following the spirit of the law, rules must be re

As I mentioned, I am not opposed to H1-B reforms. If there are corporations that are abusing the system by not following the spirit of the law, rules must be revised and the corporations must go through due legal process. If they are illegally replacing American workers, one could sue them and get their fair share. I haven't seen any major legal cases regarding the same so I am not sure what gives you so much confidence in stating that it is frequently used to illegally replace American workers. There are always a couple of exceptions but citing that as a major issue is a bit disingenuous. American companies outsourcing some of their work (HR/Recruitment/Pay/IT, etc.,) to other companies happens all the time. It just so happens that some of these outsourcing companies are Indian. This is the way it has been in a globalized economy. American companies produce high-tech equipment while developing companies provide low-end manufacturing and services. There are so many Indians and Chinese on H1-B because they both add up to 40% of the world population and they are culturally inclined towards academics which is why they make up a significant number of students in graduate and PhD programs; not that other cultures aren't, but they particularly are. Also, unlike other nationalities, where folks get a green card within 2-3 years of being in H1-B, Indians have to wait it out for almost 10 years (Source: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2017/visa-bulletin-for-april-2017.html https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul...). Because everyone on H1-B has to renew their visa every 3 years, the percentage of the Indian H1-B visa applicants shows up as higher. Legitimate foreign nationals with PhD's don't get an H1-B because of the lottery system used for issuing visas and that is something that must be fixed. There are 1.4 open jobs in tech for every single American meeting the requirements. H1-B's are filling a need left open by Americans choosing to study non-STEM courses. I am not sure where you get the number that hundreds of thousands of Americans, with programming/IT/engineering skills, are unemployed because of immigrants. Unemployment in IT is one of the lowest in all the industries (Source: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t14.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t14.htm) even though there are 5.7 million job openings (Source: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm). It is assumed that 3% unemployment rate is normal and can be attributed to general employee turnover rate. If there were qualified Indian workers losing their jobs to Americans, I would be unhappy too. But you don't have that problem. This country is built by immigrants and it always had a steady flow of immigrants. It was Germans and then Irish and then Japanese and then Russians and then Chinese and now Indians. H1-B is the latest incarnation of a process to immigrate. The majority of these immigrants are highly educated, work on a high paying job, pay taxes and help the local economy. If every single American citizen you know is opposed to them being here, maybe you should find yourself some open-minded friends.