[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Of course. And the settlement is one of many likely. The comment only was to place the beginning of the article into its proper historical place.

"The H-1B visa program, created by former President George H.W. Bush...."

It's been goin on that long, and through those that followed" Clinton, "W", Obama and so on. It's been a very long "game" on the part of companies to side step especially American engineers.

[pburgh01]

Yes, and we just went along....like shut up and just let the Barbarians in. Indian IT, on balance, has been a net negative. Indians, like the Chinese, are inculcated to do and say whatever it takes to keep the money flowing back to Crapistan Province.

I say you have a 3-year waiting period after application for H1B, and you have to go through a rigorous screening process like trying to get a security clearance.

What this spell is the end of Big-5 consulting shops, and them getting away with what they have been doing. Too long to explain here, but it's a scam. It's a jobs program for the sh*thole third world. Pakis, Chinese, Eastern Europeans....