>>They are still available to work from their home countries, where, in almost all cases, they will be happier with a lower salary! I disagree, there is dog-ea

>>They are still available to work from their home countries, where, in almost all cases, they will be happier with a lower salary! I disagree, there is dog-eat-dog politics in offshore centers all the time for visa and abroad work opportunities. And you'd be surprised the kind of dealing goes behind the scenes for a person to make it to a visa. It is a toxic mixture of nepotism on several lines, plus Machiavellian game play for a person to land to US shores. In fact most of the Green card holders and Ex-Indian US passport holders you see are ace at office politics and not at Software. Its not surprising Indians do well in climbing the ladder in company ranks in the US. They have years of practice, and success at wrecking dozens of careers back home in India to get there. The US citizens are rookies and worst sitting ducks against this kind of Machiavellian talent.