[Innovative]

Also:

“The current law limits to 65,000 the number of foreign nationals who may be issued a visa or otherwise provided H-1B status each fiscal year (FY). Laws exempt up to 20,000 foreign nationals holding a master’s or higher degree from U.S. universities from the cap on H-1B visas.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1B_visa

while:

“estimated growth rate of 700,000–850,000 net unauthorized immigrants per year”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigrant_population_of_the_United_States

Both from Wikipedia.

[ConservingFreedom]

The estimated total number of H1-B workers in the USA is 650,000 (http://cis.org/estimating-h1b-population-2-11) - much smaller than the illegal alien population, but a significant problem for citizens working in the technology field.