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Yeah ur right.

Now, let's say the unemployment in IT mirrors the rate in the economy in general - six percent. And now you add 3.7 percent more workers competing for the same scarce openings. The impact is then far more profound on those seeking jobs.

But the reality is that even H1B's are affected with this economic downturn, infact more than citizens here. I agree this is the hard time for everyone, that does not mean these H1B's are culprits.

Dont be oppurtunist. If people are required then they are hired else they are fired. Who are the people who make the policies here? It sounds like a Use&Throw attitude. Get workers when u need and throw them when u dont need. Everyone was happy when economy was booming and who was responsible for so much work being done in US, even H1B's were part of that. Even they helped pump the economy, its the stupid executives who screwed everyone here with false hopes, wrong analysing or whatever. There will be no H1B's in this screwed up system at this level.

I agree its kind of frustrating to everyone to be without work. But dont just blame someone for our faults just for the heck of it.

But dont just blame someone for our faults just for the heck of it.

Look, the entire H1-B program was based on the premise that there was a shortage of IT workers in this country. But that shortage is gone, and we now have a surplus. I'm not saying kick out folks who are already here on H1-B visas, just curtail the program and not let additional workers in for the foreseeable future, because employers are now using it to drive down wages - and that affects EVERYONE working in IT, both American citizens and current H1-B visa holders.