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Originally Posted by jamesqf
But is the problem that many are unemployed, or that they're underskilled? Sure, there are a lot of factory-floor type jobs that haven't been automated (yet!) only because Chinese have been cheaper than robots. But you just have to look at the demand for skilled people coming here on H1-b visas, the employment prospects for the small fraction of Americans willing to put in the work needed for a STEM degree, or indeed, the demand in many skilled trades to realize where the root of the problem lies.
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Speaking of myths. There is no shortage of STEM graduates in the US. H1-b workers are attractive because they are effectively indentured servants that can be payed lower wages and sent home if they act up or are no longer needed. Diploma inflation has also given an advantage to foreign graduate students who come to the US with bachelors degrees that do not require the general/liberal education and diversity credits demanded of undergraduates here. Many H1-b workers coming into the the US are displacing experienced US workers, not filling spaces that nobody wants or is qualified for.