Republicans and Democrats in Congress can rarely agree about anything, especially on immigration. But increasingly, they share a worry that the H-1B visa, a program used to bring tech workers and other experts to the U.S., is being used to ship those jobs overseas. In response, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) proposed a bill to reform the H-1B program.
Why the controversy? Outsourcing companies “game the H-1B program,” as a recent New York Times article explained, to “dominate” the limited number of visas available.
