[Skwor]

I have no idea how you see Indian workers and H1B being so dramatic in the trades. In college fields and “IT” support yes, but hands on trades not at all

As I said I teach these disciplines and I still have never met an Indian worker under an H1B supplant a Plumber, Electrician, Carpenter, Electronics Technician, HVAC Technician, etc.

In fact I see listings all the time for people in those trades with experience, the jobs are left unfilled!

[Reno89519]

And STEM will not address the trades. The challenge is IT where cheap Indian labor has push aside Americans, cut off future American works.

As well, look at the job sites, DICE, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Monster, and LinkedIn. Nearly 99% of the recruiters are Indian, too often even based in India, filtering out Indians and H1B for those American jobs. Americans are being hurt coming and going on this.

For trades, I suspect your main competitor for American jobs are illegals. And worse, if I understand correctly, when the government catches and releases them, they give them work papers so that they can find work. Nice, Americans less and less need to apply.