That would leave smaller companies in the mid-west or other LCOL places behind. Only companies with enough revenue can compete (mostly tech).
Too bad they can't work from home. AI is going to takeover all the tech jobs anyhow, right?
Yes, I agree. If these really are amazing engineers then pay them like they are.
All the western countries have no problem to welcome corrupt billionaires and refuse to extradite them back to their home countries and at the same time cry about illegal immigrants like you guys are natives.
This! Quotas. Max X% of engineering should be H1B's. + Allow H1-B holders to be free agents and move to the highest bidder. + No working at contractors. This is one of the biggest problems. The WiPro's, Tata's, Infosys's, et al, are providing cheap labor for large IT Dept's to operate IT systems like Oracle and SAP. Apple contracts into the 10's of 1000's of these types of resources. Americans could be trained into these type of positions.