And let the H1-B workers in to increase profit margins (which is in reality the goal of their being imported) strikes me imitating the rich young man who, when Christ told him to sell all he had and follow Christ, turned away from Christ because he was wealthy and didn’t want to give up his wealth.
It’s also partly because those people are viewed as being more flexible in assignments.
The “average American” still thinks he is entitled to the old fashioned idea of a stable career... or else bust, and there is a lot of bust going on as a result.
I am not facing life on that basis any more. It may be more dangerous to walk the tightropes, but it is also more rewarding in its successes.
But to the extent that they are simply nakedly more profitable (which I might even dispute, all factors considered) we need to ask why. What have we winked and nodded at far too long around us that has contributed to this kind of bias? Maybe we have expected the government to be an all providing shmoo? So guess what they now tax?