Reply #3: Technology jobs are not fungible [View All]

I agree the program is abused extensively, but keeping many of these PhDs in this country is a very good thing. I know of many start up businesses done by foreign PhD engineers who are now employing U.S. citizens. I know of cases at my employer in which the foreign H1-B Visa worker has a skill set not easily obtainable with a U.S. citizen, and, if the work that person is doing does not get done, then we will not have product to sell.

That is why I set the bar at $50K without the administrative overhead. I think it will flush out many of the employers who are only interested in paying exploitive salaries (actually the situation is the same as bringing in undocumented workers). For a true entrepenuer the $50K is something of a hardship, but not necessarily a barrier.