[mrtksn]

IMHO anything other than making it a meritocracy wouldn't work. Just remove governmnet bureaucracy from the hiring process, abolish work visas and if you are worried about the local workers help them some other way(pay them UBI, provide them with training that can make them more valuable - I don't know what works for specific case but nationality is not a merit).

Do you know how do they game the minimum salary requirements? They pay the worker the minimum and then the worker pays back the difference over the actual salary they agreed. Depending on the jurisdiction the implementation will change.

[myrmidon]

Are you suggesting allowing unrestricted immigration as long as there is a job offer?

That is simply not going to happen in the current political climate (and not under the next government either).

The whole problem from the local workers perspective is that H1B abuse depresses local wages because they now have to compete with other workers from poorer countries; eliminating bureaucracy, government provided job training or UBI does nothing to solve that problem.