People, remember how many successful companies have been founded by immigrants (Sergey Brin comes to mind). This is not a zero-sum game, if innovation doesn&#x27;t happen here in this country it will happen eventually elsewhere. The US is actually very lucky of having hard-working qualified people wanting to immigrate and contribute to the local economy.<p>Recall that crime rates in the US among immigrants are lower than in the general population: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Immigration_and_crime#United_States" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Immigration_and_crime#United_S...</a><p>That being said, the H1-B system is broken and needs urgent reform, I suggest looking at the point-system used in Canada.