H1b visa issue is extreme for immigrants from India, and the rules over the last 15-20 years are to be blamed. Trump administration is only making it worse (for immigrants and crooked employers) by plugging every loop hole and interpreting the laws to the strictest extent.

The last 2-3 years it feels like its become extreme because: 1) Too much noise in media about new POTUS being hard on immigrants 2) A rising US economy means more demand for engineers. So there's more need of engineers, H1b or not. Hence more companies are getting effected by lack of access to such talent.