… affecting Americans being able to get jobs that were affecting Americans being able to get paid. What those job numbers were going for. Because all of a sudden you had Folks who were coming here from other countries [on H1B visas] were getting paid much less than American workers for doing the same thing. which was driving down wage numbers. But this program was meant to be for the cream of the crop that we could not find in the US and it has really morphed into something that it was not what it was meant for. (08:34–08:46)
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Asserts that H1B visa holders are paid less than American workers for the same jobs.
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