"In the months leading up to his 2003 suicide, Bank of America had forced Flanagan & his colleagues to train their foreign replacements before laying them off. These transplants entered the United States on the H-1B visa."

A masterpiece by @emeriticus: https://americanmind.org/essays/dont-bother-learning-to-code/

"The Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman characterized the H-1B visa as a government subsidy program the year before. Socialism for the rich. But bad press and picket lines in parking lots fell on deaf ears."

"But there is nothing so permanent as a temporary nonimmigrant visitor. J-1 holders can apply for an adjustment of status to H-1B. The H-1B is a dual-intent visa, which means it offers a path to a green card."

"Unlike the H-1B, however, an unlimited number of L-1 visas can be issued. There is also no specific minimum salary requirement with the L-1. Why primarily import workers from poorer countries? Wages for L-1’s are tied to their home country, not the prevailing wage in the US."