> Labor Power is Suppressed

Isn't this making labor more powerful since it's restricting competition from overseas?

'15 hours to return or you're fucked' is not the kind of policy to reform H1B status.

Disassociating the employee with special skills from the sponsoring company would do a load better. Right now, the current H1B sponsorship creates a form of indentured servitude, which is horrific.

Now, sure, H1B should be gated similarly to Green Card status, as in there is a need for people of those skills. Right now, H1B serves as a way to depress wages for the rest of us. If anything, H1B should be significantly higher to show "these skills are highly in need", but instead, average H1B wages are 100k/yr.

Reforms are completely needed. But slapping a 17 hour 'show up or you'll be sorry' is NOT it.