One might read this op-ed on the beyond belief insanity that somehow displacing Americans helps the U.S. economy (if that was true we'd all be millionaires by now!)

But there are some numbers quotes which if true are much worse than I thought:

there are roughly 1.5 million H-1B workers in America, roughly 21% of which are here illegally. Are there 7.5 million employed Americans above and beyond the number that would ordinarily be employed if those 1.5 million were not here? Since 315,000 are here illegally, are they compounded in our workforce by 1.575 million illegal workers from other countries?

I wonder if the associated 3.9 million H1-B workers have returned to find work in their home countries now that some 11.6 million are unemployed and another 7.8 million working part-time jobs in what is likely a feeble attempt to simply make ends meet?6 According to the same report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, temporary worker unemployment, which includes H1-B workers, is down only 695,000! That means H1-B unemployment is, as best, only at 3.5 percent, compared to the 7.6 percent total!

You might also call your Senator and demand The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, S. 887 be added as an amendment to the jobs bill.