On H-1B Reform and Raising the Cap: Immigration lawyer groups, universities, consulting firms, and staffing agencies are strongly opposed to a wage-based selection process for H-1B workers, favoring the current lottery system. However, I believe the time has come for Congress or the new administration to take decisive action on this front to reform the H-1B program, especially given the criticism of H-1B workers from both the right and the left. Reasonable accommodations, of course, should be made for shortage and low-wage occupations that may otherwise be disadvantaged. The outsourcers and staffing firms will also be disadvantaged but they should rely on L-1s or paying higher wages for domestic hires and H-1Bs to make it to the top 85K list. Their cost of doing business is going to increase and margins disappear on on-site billing rates. It is also in the interest of H-1B workers themselves to support such reform—for the sake of the dignity and respect they deserve as skilled professionals. Additionally, this reform could help expedite the resolution of the decades-long greencard wait times they currently face. Also, importantly, industry groups and likes of Elon Musk should resist from increasing the H-1B cap at this time given the strong opposition from American public. There are EB-1/EB-2 greencard programs, L-1 visas and cap-exempt, non-profit H-1B programs already supplementing hiring of additional foreign workers.

@TheDataVet @anon_motorsport @Cloudwatch199 Nobody takes CIS analysis seriously. They are a joke.

@TheDataVet @anon_motorsport @Cloudwatch199 This is all BS propaganda. No sane person thinks 30-40 million Americans have been replaced and are presently unemployed. If this were true, BLS and CRS would have published several working papers already.

@TheDataVet @anon_motorsport @Cloudwatch199 First of all - replacing is a myth peddled by nativists and anti-India immigration activists. If you think all jobs taken by immigrants are “replaced” - you are saying there are about 40M qualified Americans that are presently unemployed because of “replacement”!

@anon_motorsport @TheDataVet @Cloudwatch199 On the contrary, H-1B workers and EB1/EB2 workers with advanced degrees have the greatest positive impact in terms of net lifetime contributions. Refer to the table above.

@TheDataVet @Cloudwatch199 You’re a moron.

@ShadesOfBlueAn1 @Federale8686 LoL - you forced him say he hates all immigration 🤣

@veer_sardaukar @Cloudwatch199 @matloff They ain’t braindead! They really think H-1B workers from third world countries must be inferior and the only way they find jobs is by undercutting and nepotism.

@ColinACody @elonmusk Musk is doing A/B testing of Keynesian economic theory! A massive crack down on immigration, federal spending cuts, and reduction in employment levels will certainly come at a cost.

LoL. There are at least 120K H-1B workers in labor force over the age of 40. And they don’t get fired just for growing older. Matloff is a dishonest academic that offers nothing more than lazy commentary that “companies prefer younger H-1B workers over older Americans so as to pay them less.” Most older Americans have moved up career ladder and they don’t do hands-on work to get replaced by a 25 year old foreigner in early career paths. Businesses are hiring in offshore locations in great numbers to reduce wage expense and meet talent gaps in a swift manner. They save nothing on H-1B workers - they only cost more besides the constant harassment.

@Jacob_allen3578 @Liberty19588390 @War4theWest Both of you clowns are obviously not Americans going by that poor English. You guys are as fake and dishonest as the cause you are fighting for.

@TheDataVet @JDVance You don’t need India’s permission to end US visa programs!

@Geiger_Capital The chart was manipulated to convey incorrect information. The original chart is shown below from Federal Reserve Bank.

@kkrun @ShadesOfBlueAn1 H-1B to EB transition should be cap free. H-1B visas are already capped and so point they are subject to another layer of capping.

@ShadesOfBlueAn1 His filing date is current!?

@AccordingLee @amandalouise416 @Sci_Fi9999 What has fentanyl underworld got to do with STEM workers on visas?

With the exception of outsourcing companies, that is how it works. You don’t get hired at Google just because your brother or cousin or same ethnicity works there or is a hiring manager. And HR managers are almost all the time White or Black Americans that oversea the entire hiring process.

@fourthcritique @AnnaGorisch One trick pony 🤣. Did your masters not teach anything else?

@razibkhan @__plainswalker Telugus are to staffing firms what Patels are to motel business! Caste affinities have no relevance here.. it’s just that these ethnicities found unique ways to flourish in these businesses.