Originally Posted by 742Dash

It is about much more than supply and demand. H-1B visa holders are an HR department's dream employee. Desperate, completely dependent on the employer's good graces and with no options.

Look at the tech industry. There is no lack of United States citizens in electrical engineering and software, but a crisis is manufactured so that companies can hire young, desperate worker bees via the H-1B visa program and avoid those pesky 30 year old + citizens with their "rights" and expectations of humane treatment.