[Will88]

Although the H-1B visa is only meant to be used by a U.S. company when there are no American workers with the skill-set needed for the job, critics argue the program is riddled with abuse and fraud, leaving Americans to sometimes train their cheaper, foreign replacements before being fired.

How can anyone still even write or say that? It would be interesting to know all the legislative history of this law, but what is now meant is to allow US employers to use the H-1B program any damned way they choose to use it. It is obviously legal to do so. Otherwise, it would be illegal and lawsuits would have been filed by displaced Americans all over the country.

This is probably one of the most lied about government programs in existence, as the bolded disinformation above seems to have been spread far and wide.

[TheCipher]

Although the H-1B visa is only meant to be used by a U.S. company when there are no American workers with the skill-set needed for the job

How can anyone still even write or say that?

It is how the employer defines the skill-set. They make it such that no worker could possibly fulfill the requirements, but miraculously these Indian workers always fulfill the requirements. They are even "verified" by calling their "references" back in India ( most likely a call center of the "companies" with their fake resumes on file )

[Kellis91789]

The American workers are promised severance packages, but only if they sign an agreement to not sue. If they don’t sign or refuse to train their foreign replacements, no severance package.

[353FMG]

>leaving Americans to sometimes train their cheaper, foreign replacements before being fired.<

This has often happened. Seen it done to my son in IT.