165,000 H-1b per year targeted at just a few professions is pretty damn high. It is a huge problem. That is 1.6 M over 10 years.
...still just 5% of overall immigration.
But if Cruz had gotten his way, that number would be much higher.
I was recently at a customer meeting (MI) where everyone in the room was from India. The only white person was the manager.
As these people were not that knowledgeable I had a hard time believing that similar talent, or better, were not available locally.
It is a problem.