[klipt]

> every H1 is a job a citizen isn't getting

That's assuming the job market is entirely inelastic, which seems unlikely.

By that same logic, every foreigner not allowed to start a company in the US is N jobs citizens aren't getting.

[thedufer]

Okay, fine. I may have sounded as if I was trying to be precise, when in fact I'm just trying to point in the right direction.

Let's try "every H1 is a positive percentage of a job a citizen isn't getting". This doesn't require that the job market be entirely inelastic; just that the response not go in the opposite of the expected direction. The same conclusion results; said H1 hurts citizens who are also qualified for said job.