[clamper1797]

The H1B engineers mainly represent needed skills, rather than lower costs.

Total ... absolute ... BULLCRAP. I could rattle off a dozen fellow highly skilled highly educated AMERICAN engineers who have been displaced by H1Bs ... right off the top of my head

[r9etb]

I could rattle off a dozen fellow highly skilled highly educated AMERICAN engineers who have been displaced by H1Bs ... right off the top of my head

OK, fine. Suppose they were sent back home. Do you think the companies would rehire the Americans, or would they merely hire the same or similar engineer overseas? You know the answer to that -- it'd go overseas, in the same way those jobs did that explain the 8.6% unemployment rate.

[algernonpj]

I could rattle off a dozen fellow highly skilled highly educated AMERICAN engineers who have been displaced by H1Bs ... right off the top of my head

Agreed. I could do the same for IT.

FYI, here in NJ, hospitals have been firing experienced, skilled RN's, and replacing them with 'guest workers' because there is a 'shortage of Americans with the needed skills'. 'Skills shortage' seems to have become the code word for CHEAP.