This is the biggest problem with the H1B visa system. It's essentially a system that primarily benefits outsourcing shops by giving them a kind of deportation

This is the biggest problem with the H1B visa system. It's essentially a system that primarily benefits outsourcing shops by giving them a kind of deportation leverage over their employees. We should remove the sponsorship restriction and simply allow foreign workers who earn a minimum threshold. This is how Singapore does it. It might be 50k. It might be 70k. It might depend on geography and/or a market rate. Want to control the flow of immigration for certain jobs? Simply raise or lower the thresholds. I want to live in a country based on merit based principals that attracts the smartest and most hardworking people from around the world and to provide them the opportunities to start their businesses here. I don't want to live in a country that schemes with immigration lawyers to rig a system that screws over foreigners and citizens alike for the benefit consulting firms that like to exploit workers. We all lose when we allow class based systems to fester in our society.