How rising unemployment in computer-related fields in the US, where foreign nationals make up ~20% of 2.3M software devs, pushed the H-1B issue to the forefront (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)

Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
How rising unemployment in computer-related fields in the US, where foreign nationals make up ~20% of 2.3M software devs, pushed the H-1B issue to the forefront  —  The president's decision to charge employers $100,000 per visa for skilled workers seemed to come out of nowhere.