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We aren't taking the best and brightest. We'd grant maybe twenty permanent immigrants if that was the case. We're bringing in over 1,000,000 per year (all visa programs combined) to find twenty people?

The number of H-1B petitions filed increased 6 percent from 299,467 in FY 2013 to 318,824 in FY 2014.

 The number of H-1B petitions approved increased 10 percent from 286,773 in FY 2013 to 315,857 in FY 2014.1

 Seventy-two percent of H-1B petitions approved in FY 2014 were for workers between the ages of 25 and 34.

 Forty-five percent of H-1B petitions approved in FY 2014 were for workers with a bachelor’s degree, 43 percent had a master’s degree, 8 percent had a doctorate, and 4 percent were for workers with a professional degree.

 Sixty-five percent of H-1B petitions approved in FY 2014 were for workers in computer- related occupations.

 The median salary of beneficiaries of approved petitions increased from $72,000 for FY 2013 to $75,000 for FY 2014.

Of the petitions approved in 2014, a total of 124,326 petitions, or 39 percent, were for initial employment.

For example, we gave over 1000 foreign lawyers, 2500 artists, 600 writers, etc. H-1B visas. This is insanity. It needs to stop.