[FatLoser]

This is ridiculous. The administration should immediately lift this stupid quota. We need to draw the best and brightest here to remain competive economically. What a discrace!

We have the best and the brightest here already. Its not about that. It's about the cheapest.

Why pay a 35yo (or older) U.S. engineer $55k (or more) a year when you can get his cheaper foreign equivalent. Also when the project is done, you can ship his, differently colored, arse back to wherever he/she came from.

[mewper]

Why pay a 35yo (or older) U.S. engineer $55k (or more) a year when you can get his cheaper foreign equivalent...

Maybe not cheaper. I've met some in IT who migrated here around 6 years ago and at that time they were earning $70K or more a year.

[MTOrlando]

Why pay a 35yo (or older) U.S. engineer $55k (or more) a year

The real impact of this trend isn't going to be felt for a few more years.

Why hire recent graduates or entry-level engineers or scientists with a few years' experience when you can get a PhD from Bangalore with 20 years of experience for the same money?

The direct result of downward pressure on salaries and unemployment due to competition from H1B's and offshoring will be less Americans entering these fields.

This will only serve to make corporate demands for increased visa quotas greater.

At some point in the future, there will be no native science and engineering skill in this country, and the ramifications of that are frightening.

[Once-Ler]

Also when the project is done, you can ship his, differently colored, arse back to wherever he/she came from.

Why would we ship him back?