[rdcbn]

The H-1B program provides a critical function. It allows American companies to hire recent PhD students in emerging tech areas and it also allows companies to bring in foreign tech specialists with badly job skills that a company cannot locate an American worker to fill

Lots of jobs in our area have been open for over a year because of no qualified applicants

The problem with H-1B is that companies are abusing the system to hire low grade foreign workers to replace existing American workers with less skilled, cheaper labor

This was not the intent of the program and some companies are defrauding the American people with false H-1B claims

[DuncanWaring]

Lots of jobs in our area have been open for over a year because of no qualified applicants

No qualified applicants, or no qualified applicants willing to work for $15/hour?