Legislation would restrict H-1B visas
The purpose of H1B Visas is to supply talent that CANNOT be found domestically. They are not designed to suppress the wages of locals at the benefit to the owners of capital. This is no different than a company whining about a tax-loop hole being closed and throwing around rhetoric like: &quot;it&#x27;ll come at the cost jobs and innovation!&quot; The IT workers cited from the article in question are not uniquely skilled over their american counter-parts, they are simply being used by corporations to lower wages.