H-1B Visa Program Abuse

In reading http://www.myvisajobs.com/Top_Visa_Sponsors.aspx its obvious that several companies are abusing the laws that have created and sustained the H-1B Visa Program currently administered by the US Department of Homeland Security. Satyam, Patni, Multivision and Enterprise Business Solutions appear to be the ones most abusing the program. The salaries they are paying are significantly lower than prevailing wages for workers with hard to find skills.

The purpose of the H-1B visa is to give U.S. employers the opportunity to hire foreign professionals if a U.S. citizen or resident is not available. The intent is to make it possible for US companies to be able to hire people with hard to find skills. The truth is that for almost ANY technical skill in the IT industry there are plenty of American workers available who can be brought in to do the job. The problem for these businesses is that any IT professional with hard-to-find skills and sufficient experience can easily make 6-figures. Anyone on a H-1B visa getting paid fair market for "hard-to-find skills" should be getting 6-figures too.

What the abusing companies are doing is finding creative ways to BREAK THE LAW. The data doesn't lie. Read it yourself. Any company not averaging 100K+ for their H-1B workers is obviously playing games. The ones who are the furthest below 100K in their averages IMHO are playing the biggest games.