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> 1) Raise the minimum salary to 200k+. Anything else is indentured servitude/downwards wage pressure.

The average American salary is less than 70k per year. Don’t you think 200k is a bit high?

We were sold on H1-B's being extraordinary people working extraordinary jobs that Americans cannot fulfill, not a wage suppression indentured servitude program.

That's O-1, not H1B

H1B is for skilled labor where no local worker is available. Why shouldn't that be extremely expensive for employers?

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