The crazy, unfair visa process has saved a lot of software projects by keeping a lid on the flow of low-quality talent from China and India. It&#x27;s  too bad that well-qualified individuals are kept out by the same system.<p>Ideally, I&#x27;m for open borders &amp; against any immigration restrictions.<p>In practice, as a software engineer, I dread working with H1B engineers from China and India because, overall, they&#x27;re worse engineers than similarly-credentialed, similarly-experienced engineers from the US, Canada, or Europe.