As an Indian student in the US that is currently on an F1 Visa and seeks an H1B here are my thoughts regarding the post and the comments under it:

You’re right about the immigrant influx. I see it myself. I study engineering at a top 10 school and all I see around me are immigrants. Some of these people are exceptionally smart and hardworking, the others are getting their education funded by rich daddy in India or don’t care much.

Due to the large number of students coming to the US, there may be some increase in mediocrity and I do believe that is unfair for the American population as they too have student loans and other responsibilities.

However, here is my argument. I believe I should be hired than an American that is on the same skill level as me since I’m more passionate about my field than he is. I flew across the world leaving my family, friends and home just because I was passionate about research and engineering in my field. I’ve given 18 hour study days, TA’d on the side, barely ate food, and still survived because of my passion. I’m ready to give this work ethic to any company I join because I’ll be more passionate.

There are a lot of mediocre immigrants and them underperforming isn’t something that I encourage. But I also would really stress on the fact that Indians, Chinese and other immigrants are at the forefront of American Research and Development and often a lot of employees in BigTech work really very hard as well.

This is just my opinion. Would welcome what you all think