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While that's great in theory what it actually does is suppress wages of US citizens. By having a separate class of "indentured servants" who have no choice but
by tedivm 9y ago
While that's great in theory what it actually does is suppress wages of US citizens. By having a separate class of "indentured servants" who have no choice but to work for the specific company or they'll be deported they are removing leverage from the labor market that would otherwise force the company to pay a more solid wage. Combine that with the fact that companies can easily find ways to claim that there are no suitable American's available for the role (even when there clearly are, they're just more expensive) and you have a system which is ripe for exploitation.
If the claim that there is no suitable American for the specific job then it shouldn't matter who the employee is. Either the skills are available in the existing market, and thus any employer can find someone, or those skills are in more demand than there is supply and all companies are likely to have a shortage.
Allowing H1-B's to transfer from one job to another easily would solve a lot of the issues that has come up with the program. It would make is to the wage suppression techniques would no longer apply, making the system more fair to both US citizens and highly skilled foreign workers.