> The administration plans to rework the H-1B visa program so that the 85,000 visas available in the program each year go to the highest-paid applicants, instead of the current lottery system.

Interesting take on things, looks like the FAANGs will have an easier time with getting H1Bs accepted.

H1B visas are just modern day indentured servitude. Either the candidates skills are valuable enough where we should allow them in irrespective of a specific job tied to a company or not at all. The current system creates such a massive imbalance of power between employee and employer that any agreements made might as well be under duress.

Anyone know any CS grads who are having trouble finding work and would like to work in a corporate job that H1s work it? Or even regular devs.

yes!

As more and more people WFH, H-1B visa is less necessary.

True. Now they can do the same jobs from India, China, Vietnam, etc for way cheaper.

Even Canada is an option if they want to be in US time zones but not have to deal with arbitrary and capricious changes in rules.

There are specific jobs, especially contracting with the Federal government, that you need to have staff eligible to work in the US.