Why can't they set a salary cutoff for visas at something like 1.5x of median salary in the same industry? That's what EU does. No lottery, no degree requirement even -- if the company wants you to pay above the market, they can, otherwise, nah.

This of course creates another problem -- highly paid foreigners price locals out of the housing market, but hej, we can always blame that on refugees, right.

The salary cutoff is set and it’s met.

Wanna raise the salary cutoff go for it.

But the people claiming that there is no salary cutoff and that H1B visa holders are incredibly lowly paid are simply lying.

Like any other rule or law there are people who break the rules and laws. Usually the way they prove the salary is not being met is by pointing to the tiny fraction of people breaking the law.

It’s like saying we should get rid of anti murder laws because murderers exist.