[WayneM]

Right. Fixed so more foreign workers can be brought in - regardless of high unemployment in technical fields.

The software company where I work uses H-1B workers. Several rounds of layoffs in the last few years - but the H-1B workers are still there.

[oceanview]

that happens where I am too. they say (privately of course) it is more "compassionate" to fire the Americans, because if they fire the H1Bs, they have to leave the country since their visa status is contingent on them having the job. It would be mean spirited to do this, so they fire the American instead.

Is this whole country turned upside down or what?

[Ciexyz]

My sympathies to those Americans who have lost their jobs due to H-1B competition and outsourcing.