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Silly goose, the H1B *IS* government intervention.

Lobbied and paid for by foreign lobbyists.

The purpose of H1B is to fill jobs that there are no US candidates available for after a search is performed.

The H1B rules are violated constantly, and there is no enforcement mechanism.

I'm not opposed to letting foreigners work in the US, but I am opposed to doing it until there is a mechanism to make sure the system isn't abused and works as designed, which it clearly is not right now, and which is a point you have so far failed to address in any post... and which I would dearly like to see you address, since your argument is one based on free trade, NOT on the mechanics of the H1B program which is what we are discussing. It sounds like you are opposed to H1B - but for different reasons than I. You want a FAR more liberal immigration policy, correct?

As an aside... as an IT Security guy, I'm concerned about the risks of letting foreign nationals in to work on key pieces of national infrastructure.

Silly goose, the H1B *IS* government intervention. Lobbied and paid for by foreign lobbyists.

OK... Fine. So remove all federal government interventions into immigration with India. Any Indian can come here and live if they want. No government intervention, no H1Bs. Would you be OK with that? (Or are you really just looking for the federal government to protect your salary at everyone else's expense?)