What’s Howard University and what makes it reputable enough to mention here, presumably as some sort of appeal to authority? And this is from a Heritage Foundation event, which is clearly a right biased organization.

Deloitte is mentioned in this article but let’s not forget, all of big tech also hire H1Bs and pay them the same as others for equal seniority. These companies don’t have different process or pay scales for immigrants. They also care a lot about hiring the best talent. They know better than others and are showing it by spending their money on H1Bs, rather than just chatting about it. It’s ridiculous to think the world’s best companies are just wasting money on “average grade labor”.

I think a lot of the casual generalizations about H1Bs or other immigrants are either based on lower quality talent at consulting companies or a result of racism (especially against Indians) or a desire for a weird “woke right” version of DEI where all of a sudden, those defending meritocracy want to now be shielded from competition. That’s the harsh reality the new “America First, America Only” (AFAO) right won’t admit.