> but it does make it so the applicant is more fairly compensated for accepting a more abusive work environment How so? It increases the cost to the employer

> but it does make it so the applicant is more fairly compensated for accepting a more abusive work environment How so? It increases the cost to the employer to hire an H1B employee, so they might hire less of them. But it could also mean they pay the employee less to compensate for the higher cost of bringing them in to the country.