[C1sc0cat]

But its fairer - its certainly not fair that one country take the lions share?

What about some bright young kid from Saharan Africa doesn't get a fair chance at a H1b Visa.

And you could argue from a realpolitik view that allowing more sub Sharan h1b's would act as a counter to the Chinese Belt and Road would be a good policy

[belltaco]

The bright young kid from Saharan Africa has a less chance of being hired by a company right now because he will get his green card in 7 months, compared to 70 years for a less bright Indian worker. Companies can pay the Indian worker less to retain him for a decade since he cannot switch companies easily unlike the African worker. It also reduces their employee turnover so they prefer Indian workers. This new law will make it more likely for that African worker to get hired because everything would be on an even footing so the bright young kid would get preferred.

[triceratops]

> What about some bright young kid from Saharan Africa doesn't get a fair chance at a H1b Visa.

Why not? They can go the student, OPT route and a shot at H1B the same as anyone else. Plus they'll get a green card faster than any bright Indian or Chinese kid.

EDIT: Changed some wording and "engineer" to "bright kid"

[C1sc0cat]

But the bright possibly partially self taught "bright kid" wont have the same support structure. Its just like WASP kids with a rich mommy and daddy who can support them in unpaid internships for those high status jobs.

[triceratops]

How does keeping per-country green card quotas do anything at all to fix this problem? I'm not seeing any connection here.