I have very restricted choices, it’s different from the choices you have and that is why it is easy for corporations to keep the wages down , the “lower wages” I get here is still way higher than what I’d make if I chose any of the choices I have.

So you're choosing the best option according to an objective standard, which is your wage. Restricted choice != no choice, and in the face of that, to compare it (and the salary that exceeds most of the world) to true slavery is pretty melodramatic.

Easy for you to say. You're probably not bonded to your employer like the OP. Get your head out of the sand.

> You're probably not bonded to your employer like the OP.

No one gets an H-1B involuntarily, and it would be an unusual circumstance where someone who had one was not free to leave.

That said, I support liberating everyone bound by the H-1B by eliminating the visa category entirely.

If you're allowed to quit and go to another country, whether your country of origin or another country, that's a choice.

They’re obviously getting what they want, a higher wage and living in America. If all they wanted was higher wages and a better standard of living, there’s any number of other countries, that have more relaxed immigration policies, they could have moved to. If they can get a job and a visa in the US, they’re obviously good enough.

There's always Canada. Sure, salaries may not be as high as the US, but if you have an advanced degree from a US university, you are welcome there.

He can quit. If he's really "highly skilled" and there really is a "shortage," then it should be trivial to find another job and another visa sponsor.

Yeah. It's not that hard to move companies as a non-citizen. It's more difficult than a citizen, sure. But I agree with the poster above that I have many many friends who have done exactly this.

I want American to be a shining city on a hill, a place so great that people are strongly motivated to want to live here. I also want immigration to be fair. You might consider what your statement says about what you want about these two things.