There has been a surge of commentary about the H-1B program lately. Much of it, in my view having worked in this field for over 30 years, is misguided. Too often, the debate assumes that H-1B professionals threaten the U.S. workforce. In reality, the program brings in only about 85,000 highly educated professional workers in specialty occupations a year—an insignificant number in a labor force of nearly 180 million.

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