>>To say that H1-B doesn't have an influence on salaries (at least in STEM) is speaking obvious falsehood. That's thing though, the effects H1B has on STEM is

>>To say that H1-B doesn't have an influence on salaries (at least in STEM) is speaking obvious falsehood. That's thing though, the effects H1B has on STEM is definitely significant. I don't know if it's bad or good yet, but I understand there's a significance in that if H1B visa holders were removed from the STEM pool today there would be a very noticeable impact. I'm talking about the people have _no idea what they want to do in life_ and just randomly get a degree in whatever and go do whatever people tell them is good; like going into accounting or something. I'm talking about the people who have no particular drive other than "My family and friends all think going to school is a good thing so I guess I better go do something". The people who become doctors are the ones that actually make it because that's a lucrative & specialized/focused field. The rest are disillusioned by how hard it has become to find a good high paying job and are held down a debt they didn't expect to have difficulty paying back.