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H1-B's are not an issue. The issue is the "consulting" IT companies abusing the H1-B system. Make it illegal for these labor arbitrage companies to exist and

• beerlord 8y ago
  It should be like the visa lottery. Limit any individual country (India or China for example) to a maximum of 10% of the total visa allocation each. Right now India gets 76% of all H1B visas, so Indians know the system inside and out, and hire other Indians. Tech companies are calling out for female workers, and most of these Indian migrants are also male. Take it to 10% from any country max, and heck even require that 51% of the visas must be given out to women, and you will see tech companies scour the globe for talent, rather than all the visas just going to Indian body shops. Under such a change you could even increase the total number of visas issued, since the whole scheme would be less rorted and more socially accepted.
  • mavelikara 8y ago
    > Limit any individual country (India or China for example) to a maximum of 10% of the total visa allocation each. Why country? Why not limit any individual continent to a maximum of 1/7th of the total visa allocation? /s If it isn't clear, I am pointing out that your suggestion is an arbitrary restriction on skilled immigration.