Indian-origin Howard professor Ronil Hira, a well-known critic of the H-1B visa, explained why U.S. companies favor the program.
Despite President Trump recently signaling a need for certain foreign talent, his administration imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B hires, thereby sending mixed messages. Hira noted that many H-1B workers possess ordinary skills that are available domestically. However, employers prefer them because they can be paid less and are bound to their employers.
While some highly skilled workers do come via the H-1B program, it often fills roles for reasons of cost and control rather than genuine skill gaps. Hira emphasized that H-1B is fundamentally a labor policy, not an immigration issue, and criticized its weak worker protections, which make it particularly attractive to Silicon Valley companies.
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