[dawn53]

"The upside with the present H-1B system is that jobs stay in America. Every H-1B who comes here supports the economy with the food they buy, the cars they buy, the house they buy. I could go on with the many benefits that the trickle effects of being here bring to the economy."

The house they buy??? Obviously, he doesn't know too many H1B visa workers. They don't buy houses, they live in apartments, or rental houses, and pack them with their friends/or family that are also here on H1B status. They send the money back home, just like the Mexican immigrants do.

[Lion in Winter]

The ones around here are packed into TWO bedroom apartments by the TENS!!

[griswold3]

I had to laugh at Linda Chavez when she tried to make the point that they "paid" realestate taxes in their rent. When you "pack" a house, it does not translate to taxes to support the school system they overuse.

[doc30]

The house they buy??? Obviously, he doesn't know too many H1B visa workers. They don't buy houses, they live in apartments, or rental houses, and pack them with their friends/or family that are also here on H1B status. They send the money back home, just like the Mexican immigrants do.

I'm on an H1B and bought my own home. And I pay more in property taxes since I'm ineligeible for the homestead excemption and save-our-homes cap. All of the H1B's I know don't rent. They buy. And they don't lived packed in their abodes. But then again, they are from Canada or western Europe where living standards are comparable with the U.S. And we don't send money back home. We use it to live here. Please do not make such blanket generalizations when there are a lot of H1B's who are not being exploited by an employer or are hired to displace U.S. workers. The IT sector is giving a very bad reputation to this program.