The discussion here is reflective of the problem that plagues immigration law. Any change to immigration system is not looked at through an incrementality lens, but through the lens of the overall system and its problems.
This change makes it more likely for graduates of US universities to get H1B visas, yet the discussion is on the overall merit of H1Bs. Exact same thing happens with solving the problem of country based caps on green cards which disadvantages people based on an attribute that they have no control over - their country of birth. Any change proposed to country based caps is looked at with whether the overall high skilled immigration system is good or not.
Its like no one wants to fix any bugs and people are only interested in a complete system rewrite. So every bug report and code review becomes a discussion platform for the problems of the overall system.
What data supports this frequently touted conservative notion? There could be other factors. Like for e.g. tomatoes can only be sold at $2/lb before they run into competition from imported tomatoes. So the max anyone can afford to pay is really $X/hr. If they could only find someone at $2*X/hour, they would either not farm tomatoes or invest in machinery.
This change makes it more likely for graduates of US universities to get H1B visas, yet the discussion is on the overall merit of H1Bs. Exact same thing happens with solving the problem of country based caps on green cards which disadvantages people based on an attribute that they have no control over - their country of birth. Any change proposed to country based caps is looked at with whether the overall high skilled immigration system is good or not.
Its like no one wants to fix any bugs and people are only interested in a complete system rewrite. So every bug report and code review becomes a discussion platform for the problems of the overall system.