It&#x27;s still hard. I&#x27;m an H1B worker.<p>I came to the US for my MBA (from a good school), graduated in the top 2% of my class with a 3.94 GPA.  I got a job with a Fortune 150 company. My starting salary was 94K, and now I make more than 150K. All this happened in the last 4 years.<p>I am not &quot;cheap labor&quot; and I don&#x27;t work in IT. I am highly skilled (I&#x27;m a lawyer with an MBA - it&#x27;s not all that common). I have an approved green card application.<p>But - I&#x27;m from India, and there&#x27;s a LONG line of people ahead of me waiting for green cards. It will take 5-7 years to get a green card. In the meanwhile, I have received job offers where I would get paid more - nearly 200K in one instance. But I&#x27;m unwilling to take those offers because it would mean restarting the green card process. There are ways to keep your spot in line, but they aren&#x27;t foolproof, and for me, it&#x27;s easier to stay with this company and hold onto my spot rather than take a higher paying job.<p>So yes, even for people highly skilled and in demand, it&#x27;s not easy to switch jobs. There are many factors that you have to look at, and it&#x27;s stressful knowing that if you lose your job, you have days to find a new job - or else give up your life in the US and leave. I have been here for years, I have a house, cars, friends.. you can&#x27;t easily just leave everything behind.<p>The US needs to work on this issue. I agree that people shouldn&#x27;t be losing their jobs to cheaper labor, but at the same time, what about highly skilled immigrants who want to contribute to the US economy and build a life here? The sword of Damocles hangs over our heads - lose your job and you have 10 days to find a new one, or get out. Doesn&#x27;t matter if you&#x27;ve been here 10 years and have done everything you possibly could to be a good citizen.