Is the H-1B Program a Cynical Attempt to Undercut American Workers?
To many, the visas are part of a story about the dynamism that comes from America's diversity. But there's another, much darker way of looking at them.
Each year, in the first week of April, thousands of businesses enter an immigration lottery to win several of 85,000 H-1B visas, which are awarded each year for foreign-born workers in "specialty" jobs, often in technology and science.
There are two classic ways of thinking about the H-1B system. The first upholds the H-1B program as a paragon of multicultural innovation. As this story goes, the world’s best and brightest want to work in the United States. When the U.S. lets them in, their brilliant work increases
