Is there anything positive about H1B's?

[coloradodem2005]

I was watching CNN and they were talking about outsourcing jobs. I know that H1B's help make outsourcing possible. The rep for my district, Tom Tancredo, was saying that H1B's should be eliminated. I never thought that I would be inclined to agree with him on anything. Are they just good for outsourcing or, would getting rid of them be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

[POed_Ex_Repub]

1. I made some good friends with the H1-B program...

The problem isn't that there is an H1-B program. The issue is the over subscription of H1-B visas. Back in IT's heyday (ahhh... the good old days... now, what was I saying?) the computer industry pushed H1-B's because they couldn't find "qualified" workers. I can tell you firsthand there were plenty of "qualified" workers, it was more a matter of flooding the market in a field that actually had demand as to cause downward pressure on wages.

In short (I know, I know, too late) the H1-B program isn't a bad thing per se, it just got abused by some greedy corporations (a shocker isn't it?).

[SharonAnn]

2. L1s are a problem too. The latest scam is that an Indian

company hires a person for a US company and then the US company brings in that Indian person as an "expatriot", a company employee from a foreign country.

And, even if we got rid of these, the companies would just "offshore" the jobs to another country.

[Dude_CalmDown]

3. No but the H22A1 deserves lots of praise.

In fact, it was my favorite until the F20C.

Sometimes when I don't have anything to say but want to bump a thread I'll act like a total ass. See above for example.

Edited: For explanation

[are_we_united_yet]

4. I see...................