Thread by @realdefender45

🚨 The H-1B visa program isn’t what you think.

It’s not about a “talent shortage.”

It’s a labor control system hiding in plain sight.

With the help of @qaggnews, we analyzed 20 YEARS of USCIS data.

Here’s what they don’t want you to notice 🧵

👉 Up to 72% of visas are extensions
👉 Only ~28% are new workers

So it isn’t recruitment.

It’s more about worker retention and dependency.

If this were truly a “skills shortage” program…

You’d see mostly NEW hires.

Instead:

Companies bring workers in…
Then keep renewing them.

That’s not a free market.
That’s controlled labor.

Now it gets worse.

This is supposed to be a GLOBAL talent program.

But look at this:

👉 India = ~70–75% of ALL H-1Bs
👉 China = ~11–13%
👉 Everyone else = tiny share

That’s not “global competition.”

That’s a pipeline.
And pipelines don’t happen naturally.

They’re built by:
👉 Outsourcing firms
👉 Staffing companies
👉 Repeat hiring loops

This system is being fed, not discovered.

What jobs are these visas actually going to?

Not a broad mix of “specialty occupations.”

👉 Up to ~70% are computer-related roles

Now look at wages.

For years, salaries rose steadily…
Then suddenly:

👉 $118K in 2022
👉 $118K in 2023
👉 Barely $120K in 2024

In a REAL talent shortage…
Wages keep rising.

But here?
They hit a ceiling.

Why?

👉 Because supply is being stabilized.

This isn’t a free market.
It’s wage-controlled labor flow.

Here’s something most people miss:

👉 Approval rates are 85%–100%+ most years

If this were truly about elite, scarce talent…

Would it be this easy to get approved?

🚨 The biggest red flag isn’t what we see.

It’s what we can’t see anymore.

Based on the available data, in many cases, we can’t even verify:

▪️Skill level
▪️Degree qualifications
▪️Job legitimacy

And this is the program shaping our labor market?

This system:
▪️Retains workers instead of recruiting
▪️Concentrates hiring pipelines
▪️Dominates one industry
▪️Suppresses wage growth
▪️Becomes LESS transparent over time

Once companies build these pipelines…
They don’t stop.
They scale them.

👉 The system becomes self-reinforcing

The H-1B has evolved into a system that benefits:
👉 Large corporations
👉 Outsourcing firms

While everyone else is told:

“There’s just not enough talent.”

We haven’t even touched on all the H-1B fraud yet. There is so much to be found there.