Open the gates or keep them slightly ajar?

It's that time of year again, when there is a rush for H-1B visas. Federal officials anticipate it will take exactly one day--April 1--for applications for the 85,000 visas to be snapped up. And then what?

As usual, companies and individuals will groan that it's not enough. Groups will raise their voices, pro and con, for a better policy. But at the end of the day, the losers will be the tech industry, which is constantly in need of trained personnel to fill highly skilled IT positions.

Maybe it's time to take some action. And perhaps it is time for smart people to put their heads together to think of new and better ways to deal with a shortage of tech workers.

That probably won't happen in this presidential election year. Nevertheless, isn't it about time someone asked, 'Is there a better way?' -Judi

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