Its been SOP since Clinton and maybe Bush 42.
This is how it works:
“Hello, I’m with IndiaCheapLabor and I might have a job for you based on your LinkedIn posting”
“So tell me about it?”
“Well we are looking for someone very experienced like yourself for a 3 month contract at 30/hr.”
“Click”
“Senator...my company has searched and searched and can’t find qualified people for high tech jobs. We need H1b to keep our economy going”