Yes. I got my internship in Chicago (J1), later failed the H-1B because of the lottery (twice) so had to leave, spent a year and half in England and managed to get back on a Greencard. Now I have citizenship. I created a startup also.

Now, was I essential to the US? Probably not. They probably could have found someone else.

I'm not sure if that's good enough to say I should not have been accepted here.