I dia -Ame ica
i vesto
Vivek
Wadhwa
says
US
should
eplace
H-1B
visa
with
a
sta tup
visa
ow.
I dia -Ame ica
i vesto
Vivek
Wadhwa
said
the
US
should
absolutely
e d
the
H-1B
visa
p og am
as
it
is
doi g
mo e
ha m
tha
good
to
both
the
US
a d
I dia.
Wadhwa
said
the
visa
p og am
o ce
played
a
impo ta t
ole
i
maki g
Ame ica
the
wo ld
leade
i
tech ology
a d
i ovatio
but
ow
the
system
is
badly
co upted.
Wadhwa
put
out
a
le gthy
post
o
X
explai i g
why
he
tu ed
agai st
the
visa
p og am
that
o ce
b ought
him
to
the
US.”U ethical
body
shops
lea ed
to
game
it.
G ee -ca d
backlogs
st etched
f om
yea s
i to
decades,
leavi g
tale ted
immig a ts
t apped
i
immig atio
limbo
a d
effectively
tied
to
employe s
because
cha gi g
jobs
could
jeopa dize
eve ythi g
they
had
waited
yea s
fo ,”
Wadhwa
posted.
The
post
came
weeks
afte
Wadhwa
told
podcaste
Ma k
Halpe i
that
a ou d
25%
of
H-1B
visa
holde s
come
to
the
US
with
fake
deg ees
because
they
a e
hi ed
by
“bodyshops”
that
i flate
the
CVs
of
these
ca didates.Bodyshops
i
tech
pa la ce
efe
to
staffi g
compa ies
that
ec uit
fo eig
people
o
behalf
of
tech
compa ies
a d
ma age
thei
pay olls.
“U ethical
body
shops
lea ed
to
game
it.
G ee -ca d
backlogs
st etched
f om
yea s
i to
decades,
leavi g
tale ted
immig a ts
t apped
i
immig atio
limbo
a d
effectively
tied
to
employe s
because
cha gi g
jobs
could
jeopa dize
eve ythi g
they
had
waited
yea s
fo ,”
Wadhwa
said.
H-1B
so
b oke
that
patchi g
wo ‘t
wo k
The
seco d
Do ald
T ump
admi ist atio
b ought
seve al
cha ges
to
the
visa
p og am
maki g
it
difficult
to
get
a
H-1B
ow
but
Wadhwa
believed
that
the
system
was
so
b oke
that
o
patchi g
could
help
it.
“The
came
the
ugly
politics,
xe ophobia,
a d
ace-baiti g.
At
some
poi t,
a
system
becomes
so
b oke
that
patchi g
it
o
lo ge
makes
se se.
Co g ess
should
e d
H-1B
a d
desig
a
ew
skilled-immig atio
system
fo
the
futu e,
o e
that
welcomes
exceptio al
scie tists,
e gi ee s,
e t ep e eu s,
esea che s,
a d
othe s
who
ge ui ely
add
to
Ame ica’s
i ovatio
a d
competitive ess,
while
shutti g
out
labo
a bit age
a d
abuse,”
he
said.
Set
up
a
eal
sta tup
visa
Wadhwa
said
ow
is
the
time
to
abolish
the
H-1B
visa
p og am
i stead
of
blami g
a yo e
a d
givi g
a y
excuse;
a d
eplace
this
with
a
eal
sta tup
visa
that
allos
employme t
ge e ati g
compa ies
to
come
to
Ame ica.
“Ame ica s
do ’t
hate
I dia s
a d
they
a e
ot
acists;
they
ightfully
hate
the
abuse
by
u ethical
I dia s
of
a
system
that
was
mea t
to
uplift
Ame ica,”
he
said.”Ame ica
should
u doubtedly
compete
agg essively
fo
the
wo ld’s
best
tale t,
but
give
that
tale t
f eedom
a d
dig ity
athe
tha
decades
of
u ce tai ty.
A d
it
eally
should
be
the
best
tale t,
people
who
build
competitive ess
a d
c eate
jobs— ot
take
these
away
f om
olde
Ame ica s.
This
is
why
we
must
have
a
eal
sta tup
visa
that
allows
employme t
ge e ati g
compa ies
to
come
to
Ame ica.
Eve yo e
will
suppo t
this
if
it
is ’t
subject
to
co uptio
a d
abuse,”
Wadhwa
said.
