Letter to the Editor: H-1B visas hurting U.S. job market

To the Editor:

Many thousands of college graduates are looking for jobs so that they can start responsible lives supporting themselves. Many of these are faced with paying off their share of the trillion dollars that students have borrowed while they were pursuing that degree. Many have been assured that a sheepskin was all they needed.

Using the excuse that this country faces a shortage of “skilled labor” our government allowed 65,000 non-U.S. citizens with advanced degrees to enter the U.S. workforce under the H-1B Visa program each year.

Major corporations have terminated scores of experien...