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A simple enough solution is to require H-1B to be given only if the salary is X% above the industry average for the position. Then companies will only use them for people whose skills are actually difficult to find in the USA.

Edit: wording



That would just lead to employers redefining which "industry" a particular position is in.


It's the whole company that operates in a given industry, not the particular position. If you're a software consulting company, you can't say you want a visa for a farming position...


But you could create a "farming division" which then loans that employee to the software consulting division :)


Very few companies operate only within one industry




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