H-1B Cap Reached Today; Didn't Get In? Too Bad

First time accepted submitter Dawn Kawamoto writes "Employers stampeding into the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service to get their H-1B petitions filed before the cap is reached are getting the door slammed in their face today. The cap was hit in near record time of 5 days, compared to the 10 weeks it took last year to have more than enough petitions to fulfill the combined cap of 85,000 statutory and advanced degree H-1B petitions. While U.S. tech workers scream that they're losing out on jobs as H-1B workers are hired, employers are countering that the talent pool is lacking and they need to increase the cap. Of course, Congress is wrangling in on this one as to whether it's time to raise the bar."

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Re:They're not who you think

[AK Marc]

Remove the H1B cap. Set the price of the H1B to the price of training one Citizen from H.S. to the job that didn't have anyone available. Take the income of the visas and establish scholarships. Isn't that more in the spirit of the H1B anyway?