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I'm not sure why there is so much talk about ulterior motives on this one. In this case, I think everyone's incentives are aligned. Successful tech companies like Google and Facebook hold their engineers in the highest esteem and pay very generously for them (far above prevailing wage). The best workers want to work at these companies. Our economy, tax base, and society needs these people for the long term.

Stapling a Green Card to anyone that gets a phd from a top 25 US university, giving an automatic h1b to anyone who can raise $1 million in funding, making companies pay 2x prevailing wage to guarantee an h1b...these are all reasonable ideas. And I think discussing the merits of different proposals and how to make sure top tech talent stays in the US is where our energy should go.