Another interesting point I'd like to mention is that his comment, asking how we will manage without Indian programmers, is ridiculous anyway.

Lest anyone forget, computer science was invented in the United States and Great Britain by American and English electrical engineers (mostly white, anglo-saxons, by the way, NOT Indians). India has come to computer science quite late, having adopted this primarily American and British discipline, and now wants to pretend that it is the source of all things IT. It's not. It's not even close. All it is is a source of cheap, second-rate talent. Flame me if you want, but the truth is the truth. America has more REAL programmers than India could ever produce -- people with real, four-year computer science degrees and real development experience. We have thousands of colleges and universities turning out tens of thousands of computer science grads annually. Take away India's dirty little game of "undersell and burn the market" and it really doesn't have anything left.

I only hope this is indicative of a broader trend of increasing loyalty towards my fellow Americans. With any luck, travesties like the H1-B visa will one day be a thing of the past. Then, foreigners will have to get into the country the way my forebears did -- by filling out their paperwork, getting an entry visa, and working their way towards citizenship without any slick shortcuts. MY grandparents went through quarantine and processing in Ellis Island, and when they got their citizenship they valued it more than anything else. I doubt you can say that about some H1-B coming into a cushy industry job.

I say, let them pay their dues, like everyone else did. No sympathy.

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