END H-1B now!. Frack Sen. Mike Lee!!!!
No. Some H-1Bs are crucial.
Better change the rules just a wee bit.
Current rule H-1Bs are required to be paid 'the prevailing wage'.
Nice in theory, but in practice H-1Bs SET the prevailing wage, an H-1B is paid the average wage, and any highly skilled American earning a more than average wage is priced out of the market.
The new average wage no longer includes highly skilled Americans, and next year's average wage is lower. The bean counters are delighted, but the shop floor is now being run by less skilled staff, and Americans with a smattering of skills are in danger of being replaced by a cheaper and even less skilled generation of H-1Bs...
Better to require that H-1Bs be paid 25% more than the prevailing wage. Companies should be willing to pay a premium for a skill set they legitimately cannot find domestically.
If they aren't, perhaps they don't need this so-called critical skill, and can hire Americans to do the work they actually do need done.
S386 is dead for this year. Mumbai Mike needs the money. If Mike is paid enough, he’ll submit S386 next year.