[central_va]

English and are massive drains on taxpayers or 0.5 million skilled tech workers to stay, I’d choose the second all day every day. Doesn’t mean I’d like it. But far better than both staying.

There is nothing STRAW about pal. This is a very serious issue.

Of course you don't work in IT and so you don't have to support a family and compete with a flood of immigrants depressing your wages and taking your job. What did you do for a living?

[rb22982]

It's a strawman because I'm not arguing in favor what you are suggesting. I'm arguing if my choice is having both problem A (H1Bs) and probably B which is 20x+ the size of problem A OR eliminating problem B but keeping A for a while, with perhaps some reforms, I'm going to take that for now. Ideally we'd eliminate or reduce both A and B but that does not look likely at the moment.

As for my living, I'm only 37 but have changed careers 3 times already (Operations, Financial planning, and strategy/communications with some finance as current) and my last and current two careers can be outsourced without even needing H1Bs. Fortunately, I still find ways to add value, even saving the company about 5 million a year in taxes even though I do not oversee taxes at all, and if I am outsourced or imported replacement, I have the skillset to jump to another line of work, even if not my ideal.

BTW the unemployment rate for IT professionals is 2.0% for people with at least a bachelor's degree according to the BLS, while the unemployment rate for HS only is 4% and 6% for those without a HS degree (the two groups hurt by the larger portion of immigration issues).

[grey_whiskers]

I wonder if he is an H1-B.