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Additionally, more H-1B workers mean more jobs for American workers – according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute, for every additional 100 H-1B workers, 183 jobs are created for U.S. citizens.

The claim that "for every additional 100 H-1B workers, 183 jobs are created for U.S. citizens" is from a single working paper paid for by lobbyists. You can see an analysis that shows how flawed the number is at http://econdataus.com/amerjobs.htm. Also, you can see a list of many of the people who are mindlessly parroting those numbers at http://econdataus.com/claim262.htm. To counter those South Park cartoons of "They Took Err Jerbs!" that some find so funny, someone should come up with a cartoon that reads "Dey Couldn't Print It if it Wernt Troo!".

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Without looking at the controls on the H1B program no one really knows what Cruz was proposing. We do know that what Cruz proposed was instantly hated by Harry Reid who killed it immediately.

[Praxeologue]

The claim that "for every additional 100 H-1B workers, 183 jobs are created for U.S. citizens" is from a single working paper paid for by lobbyists. You can see an analysis that shows how flawed the number is at http://econdataus.com/amerjobs.htm. Also, you can see a list of many of the people who are mindlessly parroting those numbers at http://econdataus.com/claim262.htm. To counter those South Park cartoons of "They Took Err Jerbs!" that some find so funny, someone should come up with a cartoon that reads "Dey Couldn't Print It if it Wernt Troo!".

All sides of this complex issue are paid. Econdatus.com didn't do all that gratis. Who are they and in whose pay are they?

[ConservingFreedom]

You can see an analysis that shows how flawed the number is at http://econdataus.com/amerjobs.htm.

Good analysis (not light reading) - that the numbers vary so widely depending on what range of years is chosen indicates that linear regression is the wrong tool to determine the relationship (if there is one).

Not to mention that even if the correlation was correct, there are obvious explanations other than 'H-1Bs cause more jobs' - for instance that both are signs and consequences of general economic health.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

The study claimed every job in the whole economy that got created in that time was because of foreign h1b visas.