I will fully support H1B's when their minimum wages are $100k and they aren't tied to a sponsoring employer. Until then, they are slave labor used to bypass employment laws and shaft American workers.
$100k isn't what it used to be. Original conception of the H1B program was for extremely specialized labor, not "I need a software developer" labor.
You mean unquota'd H1B? As in allow 10x or 50x the immigrants through that program?
50x the immigrants with 100k+$? That would be a huge win.
Sure, I've been directly (adversely) impacted by the H1B program multiple times and I'd be perfectly fine if the program was auction based with a minimum floor on worker salaries at something like 1.1x the prevailing wage. If you really need H1B workers you should be willing to pay significantly more than it would cost to hire and train a domestic worker. If that's the case then great, H1B mission accomplished. Otherwise, the program is garbage and completely abused to depress wages for American workers.
What would be the loss of taking someone that makes 99k that someone that makes 101k makes it a win?