[Red Jones]

But don't you see? as matloff has concluded, with h1b policies of today the young american will be severely discouraged over time from studying engineering in college. Matloff said that 94% of students in undergraduate computer related programs today are american and that there's been a very large increase in such students recently as well. But the only reason these young americans are in those programs is because they genuinely believe it will lead to opportunity. When the younger generations finally realize the opportunity is shut off with h1b, that the deck is stacked, that a career that lasts for decades is very unlikely in those fields, then they will stop studying those things. As a nation we are shooting ourselves in the foot with h1b big-time.

[Mulder]

If not for the H1-B visa program, American companies would have been forced to raise wages for engineers, thus enticing more Americans to pursue engineering degrees and graduate school.

As it is now, American companies simply bring in cheap labor to do the work, while threatening to "move overseas" if Congress doesn't let them do this.

This is mostly a bluff, since third-world countries don't have basic infrastructure that we in America have (paid for by OUR tax dollars, BTW). Yes, it will be cheaper to pay an engineer in the third-world $20K instead of an American 3-5 times that. But there are other costs to consider. Tools and services needed to perform the work and protect the property (electricity, transportation, police, fire department, etc....) are neither widespread nor stable in third world countries.

So while the cost of labor may be less, the total cost of doing business is not necessarily lower.

Basically, H1-B is a way for greedy and corrupt globalists to profit off the American infrastracture and destroy our technological base in the process.

Notice you don't see such a program for politicians, lawyers, doctors, or teachers. Wonder why?