[bladerunner82]

America would be just fine with zero H1-B workers. There is zero deficiency in IT numbers that qualified Americans cannot fill. The issue lies with companies being cheap and disavowing Americans in favor of more profit to please the ever-demanding shareholders. I left for-profit IT in favor of non-profit IT to avoid being replaced by a foreigner. I make less, to be sure, but I'm not worried about my job being handed to an outsider who has no stake in my community.

I'm deeply in favor of killing the entire H1-B program. If American companies don't want to hire Americans, Americans should not buy from them. I'm willing to bet that if enough people got angry at Apple for letting the Chinese build iPhones instead of bringing that work back home. Apple make more than enough profit to allow Americans to have those jobs. Imagine their products saying "Designed and made in California" rather than simple "designed" here.

I tend to lean far right politically with exception being made for work-related issues. I am firmly pro-union and pro-protectionism, especially as it relates to Americans and their jobs.