As an Indian who spent a lot of years on H1-B visa, I welcome this move. Though while talking about this subject, one should bear in mind that "Indians on H1-B" are not a homogeneous group. There are those, employed by the likes of AmaGooFaceSoft / Unicorns or graduating from mid-top tier universities, who will benefit by the proposed changes and who were indeed the "target audience" in mind when H1-B was linked to "…
>>There are those, employed by the likes of AmaGooFaceSoft / Unicorns or graduating from mid-top tier universities, who will benefit by the proposed changes and who were indeed the "target audience" in mind when H1-B was linked to "getting high skilled immigrants in the US". Pray, educate us how modifying a XML or Json while working directly for AmaGooFaceSoft automatically makes you a 'highly skilled immigrant' and…
Also, I won't be surprised if there are interesting challenges at outsourcing firms. But based on my own experience at one of these firms, I also know that folks working on these are pretty well paid, much above the level of H1B minimum wage. So they will still meet the elevated salary requirements.