> This is contradictory. If immigrants are no better than american workers, and there is no shortage of the latter, why would immigrants be hired through compli

> This is contradictory. If immigrants are no better than american workers, and there is no shortage of the latter, why would immigrants be hired through complicated and costly processes in the first place? For most middling to large companies in the bay, the "complicated and costly processes" are outsourced to law firms that are on a retainer. For them, the whole process brings a matter of calling a number. Furthermore, the processes are not that costly (Say around $10K for an H1B application ) compared to the benefits of having an employee who can be exploited. Now, I am not saying it happens consciously at the company level. However, I am pretty damn sure it can happen at the hiring manager level.