“The H1B Visa program has been corrupted. In the IT field job descriptions are written so that they can eliminate qualified US citizens and then hire cheaper labor from abroad. I’ve seen this first hand. The applicants from abroad are not more qualified, they will just work for less.”
What you say is absolutely true, in all cases. Or, at least 99% of all cases.
An H-1B from India, with a bullsh!t degree and BS set of credentials will work for 1/3 of what an American will, and the American has a real degree and real credentials.
$20-$25 an hour on contract work with no benefits.
And companies write the job description to match the proffers they receive from staffing agencies...all the while knowing it’s a big BS story.
They don’t even have to sponsor the H-1B, it’s done by the staffing agency.
A dirty, corrupt racket.
The only way to fix it is to require, by law, that any H-1B that replaces/displaces an American worker must receive the very same salary and benefits.
Or, better yet, eliminate the program altogether.
The REAL problem program IMO is the F1 Student Visa program. Fly-by-night universities basically can rubber stamp the visas, and they come with up to 3 years work authorization if you take a STEM subject.
In sheer numbers they dwarf H1B.