> But that is not the issue being discussed. Visa abusers are companies that use the poor design of the H1-B visa system to underpay engineers It is the very H

> But that is not the issue being discussed. Visa abusers are companies that use the poor design of the H1-B visa system to underpay engineers It is the very H1B limit that underpays engineers, by making it harder to foreign engineers to pick employers appropriately. All the restrictions on H1B lower their wages by design. It is not the goal of this change in policy to help foreign engineers. They dont have a voice or a vote here. It is not the goal of this change in policy to help americans. Providing cheaper labor will either cheapen or widen products offered, much like the importation of anything else. It is not the goal of this change in policy to help or harm companies. It harms some as much as it benefits others. Its just picking different. It is not the goal of this change in policy to help american software engineers. The corollary of the one above is that if higher talent comes, wages of higher talent will go down, and wages of the less skilled will go up. Let it be very clear that in any effect, the only true effect of a change of policy like this is to provide a warm filling in the chest of those who do not understand the economic implications of it.