[mdorazio]

Keep in mind, though, that a lot of H1Bs are being used as replacements for a typical IT department, not as the type of staff you could easily offshore, even with remote working technology. For example, at a Fortune 100 company I did quite a bit of consulting for, fully 60% of their IT staff was Infosys and Congnizant H1Bs. You could make the argument that some portion of those positions could be offshored, but realistically no large company would do that - they want people on-site too much. I don't think the rise of tools is really changing this mentality fast enough to make remote/offshore work a real possibility here in the near term.