I am being harsh because money is a false signal that doesn't serve both sides of the debate. I am against the H1B as it stands now because it is exploitative,

I am being harsh because money is a false signal that doesn't serve both sides of the debate. I am against the H1B as it stands now because it is exploitative, indentured labor. How does it matter if I get paid 10% more or 10% less when I have to work under fear, constant persistent fear? Disclosure: I spent five months in an H1B. At one point, I was three days before my green card interview. My company kept dithering on whether I would be laid off or not. A layoff would have met all the work done for my green card would have gotten fucked because I would become out of status immediately. Now I didn't get laid off and got the green card. Yet, that system continues to exist because companies don't want to change that; immigrants are too scared to protest. An immigrant from India/China goes through 5+ years of this. That is the key advantage from an employer's perspective. Not a few thousand dollars. But the ability to get these people working all the time under threat of deportation. Also, it doesn't matter how good you are. Getting a good new job takes time.