Here’s the deal. H1b (and most but not all immigrant visas) are not meant to bring the best and brightest. Before the major immigration reform that was passed

Here’s the deal. H1b (and most but not all immigrant visas) are not meant to bring the best and brightest. Before the major immigration reform that was passed in the 1960’s (by President Lyndon Johnson, who unfortunately gets no credit) all immigration to the US was based on the color of your skin. The immigration act of 1960’s changed that to include other non-white countries. But this misses the larger point, the current argument always seems like the US is favoring the immigrant, whereas historically US needs those immigrants more than they need the US. For the simple reason that, US needs to have population growth (most western countries as well) without which there would be almost no long term economic growth. Either that or they start schemes to have the current population produce babies like the world has never seen before. So it’s really for selfish reasons that the US needs immigrants not the other way.