I see this all the time- I work in IT. The quality of H1B visa holders has dropped considerably.
You may get them cheap but then you gotta call me to fix all their code for twice the price.
I think they are giving away college degrees with 3 cereal box tops these days. They know that’s the golden ticket to life in the USA
I know what you mean; while I’ve worked with some very talented Asians, I’ve also dealt with a few that are (as Steve McQueen put it) all “monkey see, monkey do”. They don’t know the work, and simply ask how the previous employee had done it. They then try to parody that without understanding concepts behind it. Any savings is squandered when work has to be re-done by qualified people.