I graduated from Oxford University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in computer science, and I first came to the United States in 2013. My first job in America was as a software engineer, and I traveled on an H-1B visa: the non-immigrant visa that allows American employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations that has recently become the center of widespread debate and controversy.

Established in 1990, the H-1B program was meant to allow U.S. companies to temporarily employ highly skilled and academically accredited foreign workers in specialty occupations — think engineers, software developers, and scientists. In theory, this program fills gaps in America’s workforce, boosts innovation, and helps companies compete in the global market.

Sounds good so far, right?

But the problem isn’t the H-1B program in theory, but the H-1B program in practice, with the visa becoming something else entirely: a government-sanctioned pipeline for outsourcing, wage suppression, and worker........

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