To that point though, there were ~40k O visas issued last year. And presumably that number would have been much higher if the H-1Bs were harder to get.
And unlikely H-1B the O visas actually have requirements that the person does have above average skills.
To elaborate, I'm not pro or anti H1B per se. I'm for bringing in skilled immigrates with a reasonable qualification criteria. I agree that H1B has been abused in the past and should be reformed. I'm ALSO against just outright killing the H1B program without a replacement, which is what this EO seems to be trying to do. It's not because it's trump did it, it's because the of the chaos and confusion of this rollout (which I think is likely intentional) and because if this holds it'll cripple the H1B program which in turn will cripple the inflow of skilled immigrants.
Basically I'm against the H1B program as it was, but I'm in favor of keeping it as it was over what is being done here.
I think as usual Trump did things in the most disruptive, ridiculous way possible.
I think there are enough Tech and finance jobs to pay the 8.5 billion that this will cost to bring in 85k workers.
