[runlaszlorun]

It’s not called fraud and abuse because “immigrants are taking our jobs”. It’s called fraud and abuse because it’s fraud and abuse. It’s been prevalent in the H1B process for years.

Personally, I’m all for America bringing in talented foreign nationals. But the H1B process is bad for foreigners looking to work in the US who get way underpaid and don’t have easy options to work at a different firm. And bad for American workers who have to compete against underpaid wages.

Given that the point of the program is to bring in talent unavailable, it’s become a farce. I think companies hiring H1B’s at below market wages probably think they’re getting a bargain. But I doubt that most of them - maybe other than FAANG - are getting good talent at lowball wages.

It’s a bad program all around.