India's tech industry panics over U.S. plans to change high-skilled visas
Trying to play a devil&#x27;s advocate, I might be downvoted here right away. Disclosure: I am not going to be affected by this, but I do work in tech industry.<p>1. With the decline of low-wage tech workers, where do you think the mundane&#x2F;non-value added work they do will go? Not everything will&#x2F;can be outsourced, and you don&#x27;t want to your USD 130K employee to do that. There is a real scarcity of tech skilled workers in the US. This may be filled gradually in the future, but in the short-term, there will be some consequences.<p>2. This will affect small companies, non-SF&#x2F;NYC&#x2F;Seattle area start-ups, and companies, non-tech companies. Not everyone can pay this salary. These businesses are not going out of their way to pay for H1Bs.<p>I may be wrong, and that&#x27;s why I have a genuine question. Is there a credible research about the loss of jobs due to H1B and it is not just an availability heuristic? I agree that outsourcing causes loss of local jobs, but that is not what this is trying to solve.