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The people melting down over “no tears on the casino floor” just proved the point.

As I say in this video, the current visa system (not limited to H-1B) is a straight-up shit system that traps workers in what feels like indentured servitude. Their entire legal status is tied to… pic.twitter.com/aaqNRkRxPt

— Nick Plumb (@PlumbNick) May 22, 2026

The people melting down over “no tears on the casino floor” just proved the point.

As I say in this video, the current visa system (not limited to H-1B) is a straight-up shit system that traps workers in what feels like indentured servitude. Their entire legal status is tied to one employer and one job, if they lose the gig - they’re gone (or at least they should be).

Corporations have been more than happy to take advantage of that leverage. The government failed by letting corporations exploit the system and slowly turn a temporary, non-immigrant visa into a de facto citizenship conveyor belt.

However, none of that changes the fundamental reality:

H-1B was designed as a short-term, non-immigrant visa. Come for a fixed period, a three year term, stack serious cash in the world’s highest-wage economy, then go home. What’s now being labeled as instability wasn’t a bug, it was the entire deal.

The second we blurred the line with endless extensions and green-card pipelines, we created exactly the entitled mentality you see in this post.

Non-immigrant workers gladly took the big American paycheck, the lifestyle, the opportunity - then started calling the terms they signed up for “exploitation” and demanding permanent status.

Past mistakes shouldn’t force the future. A temporary visa should always mean a temporary stay. When you come for the casino, you cash out and leave when your time is up.

Enforce the time limit, allow no pathways, accept no imported entitlement and stop enabling corporate exploitation.

If we can’t manage this, then pause it all and accept no one else until the loopholes are closed and we see what AI is going to do to the labor market.