While Mr Wadwha certainly has every right to express his opinion, I do feel that he frequently casts his opponents in the most negative light possible (in previ

While Mr Wadwha certainly has every right to express his opinion, I do feel that he frequently casts his opponents in the most negative light possible (in previous articles, he has often used the term "xenophobe"). In this article, he is somewhat kinder: "Detractors insist that there is no engineer shortage and that America should close its doors to foreigners because they take jobs away from citizens." The US currently takes 1.2 million immigrants legally into the country every year. Many people who object to the H1B visa have absolutely no problem with this - they are just opposed to a specialized visa designed to bring in more engineers when wage growth does not suggest a shortage. This is a long, long way from wanting to "close its doors to foreigners." Next, Mr Wadhwa claims that "if Bernstein spent any time talking to Silicon Valley executives or reading tech blogs like TechCrunch, he would learn that wages are indeed going up and that there is, in fact, a war for talent. These are already some of the highest paying jobs in the country—with salaries commonly in the six figures." I find this to be a particularly weak argument. Is Mr Wadhwa saying that we should just take silicon valley executives' word for it, and maybe read some tech blogs? No need to bother with actually looking at or measuring wage growth? I'm also surprised that Mr Wadhwa thinks that "six figures" is particularly impressive in San Francisco or New York, especially considering the high wages available to the "best and brightest" in other fields.