Way back when, employers tried to hire workers at a certain rate. No one would bite on that rate except for foreign workers. This was particularly true of contract labor.
For instance I billed out at $70 an hour when I worked for a contract firm. The Indians billed out at $50 an hour. So instead of hiring three Americans at $70, they hired me and two Indians and saved $40 an hour.
It was difficult to argue patriotism with a Swedish company.
No problem...I get your point. However, I have seen first hand American companies abuse H1B visa programs...at one point they had an advice video detailing how companies could circumvent the law...publish job openings in obscure publications, write the job description in such a way as to exclude Americans. It was quickly removed.
In a time of high unemployment, we do not need, nor can I justify such programs. I am sick of jobs being outsourced...all my credit card companies have call centers in India, insourced ...ask tech guys about this, and finally the illegals to take the jobs America won’t do...which just means work for below minimum wage.
We can not survive as a nation if we give non-citizens preferential treatment in terms of jobs...we will end up as a socialist nation...health care etc. The only thing that ever stopped Dem socialist in their tracks were good paying American jobs.