&gt; stopping companies like Cognizant and Infosys that game the immigration system by applying for the cheapest H-1Bs possible<p>Cognizant and Infosys will stop the gaming the minute you detach the H-1B from the company - something along the lines of &quot;If an employee spends N months at a company on H-1B, not get into trouble with the law, pay taxes and be a productive member of the community, then that person can work at any similar job without being tied to the employer&quot;.<p>Facebook, Google or Microsoft are not doing H-1Bs so they can trap those employees into working at low wages - Cognizant and Infosys are. Removing the power these firms have over the employee is the only true way to reform H-1B.<p>President Obama&#x27;s executive action plans did state intent along those lines [1], but those seem to be torpedoed by vested interests. There is currently a draft rule from USCIS titled &quot;Retention of EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers&quot; [2] open for comments until Feb 29, 2016.<p>If you are interested in acting towards a solution to this problem you identify, please consider reading and commenting on it this weekend. You can do it online by going to www.regulations.gov and searching for the eDocket number USCIS-2015-0008 [3].<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dhs.gov&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;publications&#x2F;14_1120_memo_business_actions_1.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dhs.gov&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;publications&#x2F;14_1120...</a><p>[2] USCIS Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule Affecting Certain Employment-Based Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa Programs - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uscis.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;uscis-seeks-comments-proposed-rule-affecting-certain-employment-based-immigrant-and-nonimmigrant-visa-programs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uscis.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;uscis-seeks-comments-proposed-rul...</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.regulations.gov&#x2F;#!docketDetail;D=USCIS-2015-0008" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.regulations.gov&#x2F;#!docketDetail;D=USCIS-2015-0008</a>