Every argument about American tech jobs turns into an argument about H-1B visas — a programme capped at 85,000 a year. Meanwhile more than two million professionals now do this work in India, for U.S. companies, with no cap on any of it.
This is not a finding about one administration, and presenting it as one would be dishonest. Offshoring to India has grown continuously since the early 2000s under presidents of both parties. No administration has meaningfully addressed the 40–60% cost differential that drives it, because no administration has wanted to confront the companies that benefit.
What is specific to the present record is the mismatch between promise and mechanism. The commitment was to protect American technology workers. The policy addressed the visa programme that brings workers here — where they pay U.S. taxes — while leaving untouched the far larger channel that sends the work abroad. And the documented effect was to make that larger channel more attractive.
It belongs on this site for the same reason the rest does: a stated commitment, a measurable outcome, and a gap between them that anyone can verify from NASSCOM, Zinnov and Bloomberg rather than taking anyone's word for it.