We look forward to working in the new Congress with IT employers who recognize that. A fact sheet is attached. The H-1B program is a subsidy for IT employers. The Panel further noted there are costs associated with the H-1B hire, such as legal fees, etc., but somehow did not note that employers must make up these costs somewhere. This subsidy produces the age discrimination and recruitment problems the NAS Panel derides.
Markets are smart, regulations are dumb.
Everybody expects most of these workers to stay. Guest worker programs always fail. The NAS Panel never considered the viability of a guest worker model for meeting IT workforce needs. The damage a high tech guest worker program does to recruitment of women and minorities is cumulative and lasting.