Originally Posted by
Thedude
Ask the US Merchant Marine fleet how it has worked out for them.
Or tech workers:
Older Tech Workers Oppose Overhauling H-1B Visas : NPR
From the article:
BRUCE MORRISON: You hire the alien first, and then you manipulate the regulatory system to prove that you can't find an American.
KASTE: Bruce Morrison shaped the H1-B system as chairman of the House Immigration Committee two decades ago. Now, as an immigration lawyer and a lobbyist, he says employers have become too fond of the temporary foreign workers.