Greene will introduce bill for 'aggressively phasing out' H-1B visas

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8. Definitely abused in IT

The H1B program was supposed to be for very unique and specialized cases (as you mention), but--shocker!-- corporations abused it to get cheaper labor, particularly in IT. Worse still, US workers are often forced to train their replacements first. How is that adhering to the whole point behind the H1B visa, which is to recruit talent that can't be found in the US.

It's tough on the H1B workers, too, as they are often exploited by their own companies. They get locked in and paid slave wages. Or these huge "talent recruiting" firms will do a "bait and switch". The person on the phone interview will be very knowledgeable. But the person who shows up is not the same person. This has happened at our company. We posted a job for a particular technology. The person on the phone interview sailed through with flying colors. However, the candidate who showed up (a young kid) had no clue. It was so obvious that we caught onto it within an hour. I felt sorry for the guy; he was so nervous that he almost fainted. Not a good position to put him in. However, these huge consulting firms don't care; they just want the money. Both US corporations and outsourcing corporations are complicit; it's the US worker and H1B worker who get screwed.