Your statement above is either confused or intentionally deceptive [this post edited as I tried to parse your claim]: "US has just over 580,000 H-1B visa holde

Your statement above is either confused or intentionally deceptive [this post edited as I tried to parse your claim]: "US has just over 580,000 H-1B visa holders, says USCIS" [1] The figure you quote, 65K, is, (as you do say) the number of H-1bs issued per year. But that's not comparable to 4+ million statically existing software jobs and contrasting the two figures gives the wrong impression - the impression that H-1bs don't impact software job market where clearly they do. -- Could 500K influence a job market of 4 million? Obviously, notably when they are concentrated in certain area but just generally, you don't need another 4 million to change a supply and demand equation. Given this, I'd say the rest of your argument falls apart. I'd note that I'm not "anti-H1b", I'm anti the entire sweat shop system I describe above. I'd agree with other posters who suggest H1b holders should be able to choose the employer as soon as they enter the country. [1] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/us-has-just-over-580000-h-1b-visa-holders-says-uscis/articleshow/76676250.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigratio...