Immigration & Technology, getting even more complex

As a technology professional with over ten years experience whom recently became unemployed due to corporate technical operations moving overseas, my interest in the upcoming H-1B Visa bill has become peaked.  The New York times discusses many points of view (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/technology/tech-firms-push-to-hire-more-workers-from-abroad.html?pagewanted=1) including the work that Zuckerberg and Chambers are pursing with the American government.  Interesting to learn about the group Compete America, which seems to be comprised of high tech corporations.  As the NYT explains the H-1B worker makes up less than 1% of our work force and is part of the corporations stance that highly skilled non-American workers are needed.

Our Department of Labor explains that "nonimmigrant aliens as workers in specialty occupations or as fashion models of distinguished merit and ability. A specialty occupation is one that requires the application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and the attainment of at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent."  http://www.dol.gov/whd/immigration/h1b.htm

My concern is why are their workers in other countries more skilled than American workers?  If these non-American workers are being educated by American institutions then are we not creating these workers by allowing them into our education system instead of an American?  Why are we creating merit and ability for others and not ourselves?

The reflection of this political issue on our education system which no one is discussing is most concerning to me.  Many American students are prevented or disadvantaged in higher education due to cost which not only affects time in academia but the following decades to complete repayment.  Underemployment continues and is a further disadvantage for a worker with loans, myself filed for this assistance however the repercussions on my employer were so costly that technical operations are more cost effective overseas.  It's very frustrating when these 'solutions' (H-1B and underemployment assistance) to problems of Americans begin to work against each other and therefore not are resolving any issues.

Government and the internet, who knows what?

Like most Americans I am most outraged when I learn about our Veterans or Active Military being taken advantage.  But the treatment of these folks by our community and government is our responsibility which, similar to the rest of Washington, needs a bit more..well..supervision.

After a decade of work in the technology industry the thing that scares me the most is how little our government knows about their internet business associates.  Specifically buying hardware, software, security, data storage, and application development even when making a local call to place the order do they assume the information stays local?  Or do these technology companies prefer to the secure financial relationship to the government rather than admit their data/software development is not only done overseas but profits are increased by firing Americans replacing them with the more cost effective labor resources available offshore.