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>In the current form, immigration is painful for the immigrants and doesn't do any good for the countries that send those immigrants.

No country is “sending” anyone. It’s an individual choice.

Some people decide to apply for H1B because it is advantageous to them, but a lot more decide to stay in their home country.

H1B is voluntary

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I didn't use "Sending" literally, of course[0]. I think you miss the point by a yuge margin.

[0] Sending is used quite often in this context, you can google it or look at its usage in this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_by_country It's used together with "receiving" and it's used to indicate the origin of the immigrants.

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