You speak of this as if this is the only case of fraud/misrepresentation in any government program. Surely you are not saying every "American Programmer" <wink>

You speak of this as if this is the only case of fraud/misrepresentation in any government program. Surely you are not saying every "American Programmer" <wink> <wink> has been fraud free, or no American Company has ever broken the law. The "WITCH" group as you call them is no better/worse than most other businesses. Your emotional straw-manned attack speaks volumes about your own entitlement arrogance and naked self-interest, dare-i-say greed. I am a business owner that employs h1bs, we pay them on par with US hires - and we pay top dollar because of our specialized skill needs. Also I think the fraud is in people like you and your entitlement arrogance, with fantasies of running a "American Programmer" cartel. Sorry businesses are not going to kneel to your shakedown racket: "pay me whatever-i-ask or else..." Finally - this is crying out loud for some whataboutism - h1b fraud P-A-L-E-S in comparison to fraud in SS/Medicare/Medicaid/... many, many other government programs. For people like you to get on a high horse and yell "fraud" because of some cases of visa abuse, are really about your own greed. Such smug holier-than-thou absolutist sanctimony among people on your side of the argument prevents meaningful h1b reform such as better filtering (salary-based) mechanism, which I think many in business would back as well to reduce fraud.