[anghyflawn]

I find it very hard to believe that many American employers hire foreigners, with all the paperwork that entails, unless they are persuaded that the foreigner in question is indeed better than the Americans in their pool (modulo wages, but there's a wage floor for H1B, and in any case it's a question of value).

[devs1010]

This is completely untrue, I get the feeling you haven't worked a place that has many H1B employees. All I can say is it has been quite obvious that some H1B employees were not quite as sharp as their American counterparts at some places I have worked (not saying all H1B workers, but some). Sure, some are good, but they are not all hired because they have a better skillset and are better overall than their American counterparts, this is rather ridiculous.