Recruiter here, and I can't even count how many candidates I've had contact me looking for a new job (I recruit engineers) at the very moment they received thei

Recruiter here, and I can't even count how many candidates I've had contact me looking for a new job (I recruit engineers) at the very moment they received their green card. There are many consulting companies that do mostly 'body shop' work that are more than willing to hire H-1 holders and draw out the green card process in order to keep the employee and the very large margins they can charge. Some of these companies actually have the H-1 employee look for their own assignments in addition to doing the work. So they are essentially independent consultants, taking maybe 50% of their bill rate home over several years. The good news is that when they do jump to a new employer with a green card in hand, they often get massive raises. The bad news is they never make up for those lower wages paid to them over several years. Most of those I refer to are from India and China as the author states, which in tech does account for a significant amount of people. I would certainly classify the companies that clearly prey on these H-1 hires as being mostly responsible for the prevailing 'indentured servant' tag. It's shameful.