>Wages for H-1B workers in computer programming occupations are overwhelmingly concentrated at the bottom of the U.S. pay scale. Wages on LCAs for 85 percent of H-1B workers were for less than the median U.S. wage in the same occupations and state.
>Applications for 47 percent of H-1B computer programming workers were for wages below even the prevailing wage claimed by their employers.
That is pretty damning evidence. The program is clearly not being used for its intended purposes. When somewhere between 47 and 85% of H-1Bs are being significantly underpaid compared to their peers, the program is not being used to being over workers with "specialized knowledge" as they claim--but to drive down wages. It makes sense though, when you look at the biggest H-1B recipients: http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2015-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx It's all low quality outsourcing shops like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, and Cognizant.
Make the H-1B 'lottery' into an auction. Instead of accepting 65,000 H-1Bs at random--accept the 65,000 H-1Bs with the highest wages. That way we are getting the immigrants with the highest valued skills and stopping companies like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, and Cognizant that game the immigration system by applying for the cheapest H-1Bs possible.
>Applications for 47 percent of H-1B computer programming workers were for wages below even the prevailing wage claimed by their employers.
That is pretty damning evidence. The program is clearly not being used for its intended purposes. When somewhere between 47 and 85% of H-1Bs are being significantly underpaid compared to their peers, the program is not being used to being over workers with "specialized knowledge" as they claim--but to drive down wages. It makes sense though, when you look at the biggest H-1B recipients: http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2015-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx It's all low quality outsourcing shops like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, and Cognizant.
Make the H-1B 'lottery' into an auction. Instead of accepting 65,000 H-1Bs at random--accept the 65,000 H-1Bs with the highest wages. That way we are getting the immigrants with the highest valued skills and stopping companies like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, and Cognizant that game the immigration system by applying for the cheapest H-1Bs possible.