Interesting argument. It really depends-- are the people who are buying H1Bs for "real talent needs" able to consume most/all of the available slots? I'd expe

Interesting argument. It really depends-- are the people who are buying H1Bs for "real talent needs" able to consume most/all of the available slots? I'd expect that's really on the order of a couple thousand people a year. So they'll pay (comparatively) silly money and get their needs met. But it looks like the quota is in the high five figures, so there are plenty left for body shops looking for cheaper junior SDEs. And you know that someone will say "now that we turned it into a revenue stream, why not 200,000?"