In a 2018 article the "Seattle Times" estimates that half of the software developers in Seattle are born overseas. This situation repeats itself in many cities across the nation. Although there are claims of a shortage as the reason for the H1Bs, the total number of software developers in the USA has remained fairly flat, growing at an average rate of only two to four percent and many suspect that this brain drain is championed by the USA's government as an intentional brain drain from India to the USA.