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Economists have been suggesting that the US should move to an H1B auction for decades. https://www.wsj.com/articles/h1b-visa-lottery-auction-tech-workers-d6c92

Economists have been suggesting that the US should move to an H1B auction for decades. https://www.wsj.com/articles/h1b-visa-lottery-auction-tech-workers-d6c92cec https://www.wsj.com/articles/h1b-visa-lottery-auction-tech-w... An auction would be good for everyone aside from companies that are abusing the system to get cheap labor that's basically trapped in the US.

slt2021 3y ago
how about nurses and all other specialized professions that are not IT?
- deleted 3y ago
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- acchow 3y ago
  Wages for those will rise accordingly, benefitting local nurses (but raising costs for nursing)
- amadeuspagel 3y ago
  You could have auctions per profession.
  - ianferrel 3y ago
    You could, but the whole point of the auctions is to allocate the visas economically efficiently, which this would undo.
    - amadeuspagel 3y ago
      No it would not undo it, it would allocate the visas economically efficient within professions, while also allowing the government to prioritize some professions based on concerns other then economic efficiency.