This is a complicated topic that I've been waffling on responding too. The situation around h1b visas is messed up. But the mess is multisided. First off, th

This is a complicated topic that I've been waffling on responding too. The situation around h1b visas is messed up. But the mess is multisided. First off, there is a large amount of unemployment in this country in the IT sector (especially around older workers) and no apparent desire to fix it. Second, there are "sweat shops"/consulting bodies milking the system to under pay for what is often basic/menial work like CRUD development/etc. Third you have the specialists at the whim of (2) and the number of allotted slots. I think both (1) and (3) need to be fixed at the expense of (2). Any company bringing over labor that is basic and can either be filled by outsourcing contracts or simply training local labor should pay the price. Tata, IBM, Wipro, etc are at the top of that list. The current system has few filters. Edits: typos from posting using phone.