So far I don’t think I’ve expressed any opinions that could be classified as xenophobic. I assure you that your accusation of inexperience with top STEM graduat

So far I don’t think I’ve expressed any opinions that could be classified as xenophobic. I assure you that your accusation of inexperience with top STEM graduate programs is misplaced. If I had to posit a “solution”, I would first ask what the problem is. It seems to be “not enough Americans with advanced STEM education”. Well, clearly there are two ways to go about solving it. One is to import labor, but that clearly reduces incentives and makes the problem worse, so you’d also need to lower the cost and increase the supply of STEM education for Americans. This could be budget-neutral if H1B was an auction and/or salary floor rather than a lottery. I admit it seems a bit ridiculous to wring hands over a few PhDs when there are armies of H1Bs accepted on salaries that qualify for housing assistance, to say nothing of unregulated immigration. So yes, let’s have them all, as many as American businesses will pay a significant premium for. And maybe let’s also have American tax dollars spent on economically-valuable education for American students exclusively.