Thank you for the very detailed and reasoned reply. Yes, it is in our best interests to bring in some of the best and brightest from around the world. But the truth is that only a small number of those coming in on the H1B program are the “best and brightest”. The vast majority are filling regular tech jobs at lower salaries than would be paid our own workers.
If Senator Cruz were truly interested in reforming the program, he would not be calling for the importation of hundreds of thousands more foreign workers. That will only exasperate the situation for our own STEM workers. It is far more likely that Cruz is beholden to the companies that benefit from the program.
Yup - and by many reports they're semicompetent drones.