But don't let me get in the way of a convenient narrative, where the only purpose of immigration is the exploitation and oppression of hard-working Americans by

But don't let me get in the way of a convenient narrative, where the only purpose of immigration is the exploitation and oppression of hard-working Americans by evil corporations. Of course not, they really care about the 18 year old Mexican or Guatemalan busboy that came across the border at 12. I've never met one that was cheap - every single one earned comfortably into the mid-$100Ks and were worth every penny. That's irrelevant, no where is it written that mid $100K is "not cheap," supply and demand. Google, I read, nets around $1 million from an employee. My point is that companies usually want students from top schools, pay them as little as they can, hire them young and kinda drop them into their late thirties and then complain that we have no workers. It's a nation of 300 million people: some education reform, pre-work training maybe, giving others a chance etc can go a long way.