"Of the 1m green cards (permanent residence visas) issued [in the US] each year, only 15% are granted because of the applicants' skills, notes John Dearie of Startups USA, a pressure group; in Australia the figure is 68%."
I would rather have 0 H1Bs and all those numbers converted straight to green cards so that immigrants were able to join unions and otherwise compete without fear of being sent to some other country just because they had even a minor disagreement with their current employer.
"Of the 1m green cards (permanent residence visas) issued [in the US] each year, only 15% are granted because of the applicants' skills, notes John Dearie of Startups USA, a pressure group; in Australia the figure is 68%."
[1] https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/08/25/governments-ne...