The Democrats are worried that it would:
“create significant uncertainty and financial hardship for many highly skilled professionals who are vital to our economy.”
1. Many H-1B workers are not highly skilled. If they were, companies like Disney would not have to provide so much training by current employees.
2. Since when do members of congress care about “significant uncertainty and hardship” of US workers?
3. These “Dollar store wages” Indian H-1B Visa holders are not vital to our economy...They are vital to the companies who want to cut salary costs at the expense of US college grads and workers.
30 million low skills, low wealth chain migrants in 25 years + 11-30 million illegals is 100 times bigger problem than 65,000 max H1-B visa in any one year. Majority of low skills, low wealth immigrants are feeding at the welfare trough, which is not true of the H1-B visa people.
Focus on BIG problems, not puny ones. That is the best method to achieve success in one’s life. Total welfare costs for the millions of low skilled, low wealth legal and illegal immigrants is in hundreds of Billions every year. There are 12-15 immigrants brought in with chain migration who were over 65 when admitted. They are ALL collecting social security checks and medicaid. I know personally a few.