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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents and Mentors should learn more about what has been happening in US tech industry.   Business claimed the H1B was expanded to address a skills shortage, and yet how can we have a skills shortage for 35 years?   and how can we have a skills shortage when hundreds of thousands of IT workers are getting fired and replaced?

Graduating seniors who were told they should study technology fields, such as computers, are receiving a nasty surprise as they discover the jobs simply are not out there and that they face competition from foreign workers admitted under a variety of immigration programs, most conspicuously, the notorious H-1B visa program.

The very purpose of the H-1B visa is to replace American workers with cheap, foreign labor.  No other description of H-1B fits what Congress has actually enacted. In theory, the H-1B program requires employers to pay the foreign workers at least the prevailing wage for the occupation and location, but in practice, the lobbyist-written H-1B statutes allow the employer to determine the prevailing wage.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3404127/h-1b-visas-are-hurting-american-students/

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H-1B needs major reform, the first being getting rid of the 'indenture' requirement. If you let someone on H-1B job hop freely, the market will reset itself. At the same time, why would a company sponsor an H-1B unless they are confident that they are paying top dollar and that the person is likely to stay?

Getting rid of H-1B will [b]just accelerate the complete offshoring of high paying jobs[/b]. Companies will work the congressional backdoor and make that happen - Trump or no Trump. At least an H-1B employee contributes to the local economy.[/quote]

This is what happens.  The US doesn't train enough citizens to be really, really strong in tech.  Over the years, there have been variations in the # of H1Bs awarded, and in years where there are fewer H1Bs you see US-based companies expanding their hiring of personnel outside of the US (statistically significant differences).  For a while, a lot of these jobs were moved to Vancouver because it's so close to Seattle and because the Canadian government was more pro-immigration.  Now, it's becoming easier to spread work to distant locations, so US firms might simply be expanding their hiring in India or elsewhere.[/quote]

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