[ConservingFreedom]

we have to import people to do the engineering, computer, medical and scientific work that needs to be done to keep us competitive.

No we don't - millions of Americans with STEM degrees are employed outside STEM fields. H1B is corporate welfare.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just because you have a “STEM degree” from East Cowfart College and Barber School doesn’t mean you’re qualified to work in that field. Many of the college graduates I’ve interviewed over the years were functionally illiterate and/or borderline retarded. I wouldn’t hire them to clean up after my dogs.