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This should increase political donations, cryptocurrency bribe purchases, and social compliance among tech companies dependent on H1B, whether it becomes policy or not. For that reason, you can expect no resolution before the mid-term elections, and a corresponding race to secure H1B’s before any policy change.

It’s too bad policy won’t actually track economic needs or fairness; it’s mainly to drive the expansion of the political franchise.



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