A scholarly take on the guest worker visas from Civil Rights advocate Norm Matloff ... [ 
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 ]<p>... major attraction for employers, especially in Silicon Valley, is the &quot;handcuffed&quot; status of H-1Bs ...<p>There is no tech labor shortage.<p>No study, other than those sponsored by the industry, has ever shown a shortage.