I used to travel for work, and one year covered companies in St Louis. St Louis is approximately 50% white and 50% black, and yet whenever I went into these companies, the demographics were 50% white and 50% Indian, with blacks only being found as security guards at the front desk. It felt like the H1B were used to fill the low level positions that could have been taken by aspiring black Americans. Steve Bannon made this point recently, and I was shocked to agree with anything he said, much less find myself forwarding his videos to my friends.
There are clearly abuses, and the abuses should be addressed; it will also be good for the valid H1-B applicants. One simple solution is to raise the salary threshold. H1-B for store managers is obviously not justified.
On the other hand, there's no question that H1-B or similar programmes help the American economy enormously. Especially for talented graduates from top American universities. Why not hire them if you don't have to pay for their education? They even contribute significantly to the coffers of American universities, indirectly allowing Americans to study at a much cheaper price.
Who are these companies that the F500 use for setting "pay bands" for positions, and are they an antitrust threat like that RealPage real-estate firm everyone uses? Inquiring minds want to know...
