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by fishtoaster 874 days ago
Another goal (as I understand it) of the H1-B process is to allow foreigners who've come to the US for school to stay here and work after they've graduated. This seems (IMO) better than training a bunch of valuable people, then having them immediately go back home.

A system based entirely on salary would bias towards only senior roles, preventing the handling of that scenario at all.