Hiring foreign labor on the basis of “culture” or any similar excuse isn’t just wrong: It’s illegal. Under the Immigration Nationality Act, visas for the temporary employment of foreign workers in the United States are supposed to be issued only when no qualified American workers are available. While the narrative suggests Indian students primarily come for elite universities, the overwhelming majority are not in the Ivy League at all. F-1 to H-1B: A backdoor to employment1B Work Visa Are One in Fifteen“The H-1B visa is one of the most in-demand US work visas. This isn’t about skill shortages; it’s about a system that makes foreign labor artificially less expensive than hiring U.S. citizens.