Someone recently suggested an H-1B auction program based on salary.
Bids for say a month would have to be submitted 14-20 days prior.
The FICA would have to be pre-paid for 210 weeks’ worth of salary (to block businesspeople from importing relatives).
Microsoft (USCIS FICA prepay account number:0002):
Sam Mumbai, $3,217/week,
....
Google (USCIS FICA prepay account number:0007):
Wang Kwok, $3,136/week,
....
The program might initially start with an allotment of 10,000 openings.
The cutoff for January’s 10,000 winners might turn out to be say $2,713/week.
If the cutoff rises, then the number of openings might be increased by 100 for the following month. If the cutoff falls, then the number of openings might be decreased by 100 for the following month. This would make the system demand responsive.
The person must have at least a four-year degree in a statutorily specified subject from a Secretary of Homeland Security list of selected, respected educational institutions.
The bidder must have paid FICA in excess of $50,000 for the penultimate year per winner (to block out scammers).
There would be no requirement beyond common sense to seek domestic talent (as the idea that no domestic person can be found to do a lawful high-tech job is ridiculous).
There would be a $5,000 USCIS fee per winner. This would encourage paying for a search for domestic talent.
A subsequent employer of a person would have to have a subsequent winning bid for the person.
Allowing an imported person to find a better employer would discourage employer abuse of imported employees.
The previous employer would have a qualified (subject to then current law) right to import a replacement person at the bid salary or higher if the person left within the first 52 weeks.
The previous employer could cancel the right and request a refund of the unused FICA prepayment, which would be issued around February of the following year.
After four years of salary payment at the person’s initial winning bid level or higher, the H-1B person could then be awarded permanent residence subject to the law in effect at the time.
A similar system might be created for visa-holding college graduates but based on wages to be paid on time clock hours, with a 35-hour minimum pay guarantee.
Troll. Send them all back and rehire the white males thrown away after being fired to train their replacements.
You’d still come out ahead.