Former H-B myself. I was actually the most expensive member on the team. All 3 devs had the same base salary and bonus structure but they had to cover immigrati

Former H-B myself. I was actually the most expensive member on the team. All 3 devs had the same base salary and bonus structure but they had to cover immigration lawyer fees for me on top of everything else. In general, Americans' view on immigration is extremely skewed. Most people I've spoken to are surprised I'm not a citizen and are even more baffled to learn how little sympathy I have for illegal immigrants, since to them, all immigrants are "illegal", there must be no other way to get into this country! Few know what a Green Card is, or what an H1B is, or what other pathways there are for living here - they just assume that I must already be American, since all immigrants are poor abused people from south of the border, and I don't look the part.