I didn't down vote you but it really should be on you to inform yourself before you start making claims.
- http://cis.org/PayScale-H1BWages
- The fallacy of a labor shortage is apparent when you look at it in terms of any other market. I don't say there is a Porsche shortage if I can't afford one.
- 80% of H1-Bs come in at the lower 2 of 4 pay levels. In fact, there is so much variability in the salaries that you essentially have a very good case for hiring a software developer in SF for 60k or 140k and it's up to the employer to choose with little accountability. In fact, employers can provide their own wage survey data to support the wage on the application.
- H-1B is for the best and brightest, so why are they typically low man on the totem pole making an "average" wage working on low impact projects?
- The quality of foreign students, the bulk of H1B visa holders, has been studied and called in to question, http://www.epi.org/publication/bp356-foreign-students-best-b...
- Entry level CS graduate wages have fallen 3.7% between 2014 and 2015
- "main stream" tech companies have recruiting processes that essentially give excusivity to foreign students. (Masters degree+ requirement, 6 month internships, OPT extension, etc)
My feeling is we have plenty of unemployed and underemployed university educated people within our borders and I wish there was more of an effort from our government and industry to utilize those folks and only reach for the H1B when we really can't find the talent domestically.