The Need for a More Merit-Based H-1B Selection Process

07/04/2022 48 min Episodio 48
The Need for a More Merit-Based H-1B Selection Process

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Every spring, the H-1B lottery for “temporary” white-collar workers takes place. The H-1B visa program is often referred to as a program exclusively for the “best and brightest”, but the overwhelming majority of the 85,000 visas go to alien workers at the two lowest prevailing wage levels. Why would the best and brightest work at a steeply discounted rate? The Trump administration attempted to... Source