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This is why H1B's should be auctioned, to kill the body shops which are gaming the current lottery system.

Or eliminate the cap altogether and never talk about this problem ever again.

That would benefit scammy firms like infosys

How so? Body shop scammers who spam the H-1 system would no longer have an advantage.

Body shops would be able to bring in many more workers, and supress wages further.

The dearth of middle income jobs in the USA is in part caused by these body shops flooding the domestic market with questionable talent, driving down wages and living standards severely.

>> The dearth of middle income jobs...

References/data for that?

Yeah, that will do wonders for the wage growth in this country.

It literally would. Theoretically and practically. Tariffs and trade restrictions make all parties poorer.

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