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As an American I see this as a problem for America. However, there is a big upside to this. The rest of the world gets some of its talent back, which will help it develop faster. There are over 1 billion people in India, for example. They deserve to be more than a call center or a place to outsource for the US.

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I disagree. The rest of the world gets talent back at the cost of those talented individuals. You are one individual starting a startup and the government, the people, everybody is against you. You must own a strong corporation with R&D centers to be able to swim against that tide. It's not for individual entrepreneurs. I think this way because I have been through it and now closing down in my home country, moving to the U.S.

How would you fix it? The leaders in those countries should fix it.

They should be honored to be pioneers, bringing their country up to speed.

Well put. But a lot of H1B workers also contribute to the economy here as said. It is the illegal immigration that makes things worse, not the legal ways of a small percentage of skilled workers.

Also, H1B workers contribute to Social security and medicare , taxes etc. with most of them not expecting or making use of it.

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