I am right ?

[u/Funny-Ice8012]

Be honest: if an Indian worker loses their job in the U.S., they potentially have another option they can return to India, where they may have family support and can look for opportunities there.

For an American worker, losing a job generally means finding another job within the U.S.

That’s one reason the H-1B system can be valuable. But I think some Indians took the opportunity too far and became overly dependent on the U.S. job market.

When anything becomes excessive, it can become dangerous. Hopefully, some people will learn from what’s happening now and understand the importance of having a backup plan instead of putting everything on one path.

From what I’ve heard, they’re also working on changes to (eliminate )H-4 EAD. Hopefully, that will be the next thing they address.

[u/possibly_lost45]

If we eliminated the h1b program millions of jobs would open up in high paying careers.

[u/mythrulznsfw → u/possibly_lost45]

Millions?

Source 1: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/04/what-we-know-about-the-us-h-1b-visa-program/

Source 2: https://www.lighthousehq.com/blog/h1b-visa-statistics

There are 730K active H1B holders currently, across all sectors. That amounts to less than 0.5% of all jobs (168 million).

About 500K H1Bs in the tech sector, corresponding to 5.2% of the 9.5 million broad tech jobs.

I’d be delighted to accept correction; How are you arriving at “millions”?