Should the U.S. increase its H-1B visa program? Wages belie claims of a labor shortage | NumbersUSA – For Lower Immigration Levels
Once again, the tech industry is putting heavy pressure on Congress to expand the H-1B visa program. Though the industry says the foreign workers are needed to remedy a tech labor shortage, for most employers the attraction of H-1Bs visa holders is simply cheap labor. The H-1B visa program allows skilled immigrants to work in the United States on a temporary basis.