Senator John Cornyn sounds like he is mentally ill. Half our college graduates for the last 5 years are UNEMPLOYED. We don’t need more H1Bs.
Those newly graduated Unemployed don’t have the skills that the H1Bs have.
Rather, they majored in psychology, or general studies, or anthropology, or Latin, or general something-or-other, and there is no need right now for generalists.
In a good economy, all these kids would have jobs. We have a sick economy. If you don’t know how to do something specific and critical to the company’s success, they can’t afford you.
I speak as the parent of several who have finished college in the past few years, as well as their friends, so my knowledge is purely anecdotal but real.