[tock]

The US should absolutely make it easier for brilliant people to immigrate. A very high bar for immigration + a simpler process for such people is a net benefit. The current H1B process is broken and exploited. Some Indian kid graduating from Berkeley with a perfect GPA shouldn't have to rely on a lottery system.

[29athrowaway]

The bar for H-1B is bachelor's degree from almost any institution. What you describe (top student from top school) does not represent the elegibility criteria for H-1B, or the profile of most people being granted that visa type.

H visa is not for world class top talent, that is the E visa.