“and we must, there really are exceptional individuals with exceptional talents who weren’t born here”
BS. Out of the hundreds of H1B’s I have worked with only around 2-3 were talented and one other was a genius. The others were below average and theoretical in nature only.
Cut the H1B numbers and make the take a test or have employers interview and hire them overseas and then allow the to come over. That way when the lose their job the go home.
That's how it's supposed to work.
I know exactly one case where it did work that way, our company got shut down and one of my colleagues was immediately deported back to the Ayatollah's Iran.
NO ONE has heard from him since.