These are gaming the system to snap up the visas so they can replace American workers with less expensive, temporary staff members. In many cases, those candidates are paid slightly more than the $60,000-a-year minimum salary required by the program — but less than what American technology workers make. And for U.C., it’s not here.”Proponents of the H-1B system argue that it is an important vehicle to attract top talent to America. In other instances, the jobs are filled only temporarily by H-1B workers — before the outsourcing firm moves the job permanently to a lower-cost country. The university said neither it nor HCL would replace the laid-off employees with H-1B workers, although it acknowledges that HCL brought in some H-1B workers initially to understand the institution’s technology needs.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2017 00:58 UTC