The H1B issue: Yes, American workers, YOU DO QUALIFY FOR THAT JOB.

[SouthAsian59]

57. Lying and cheating.

There is a big reason Indian IT workers have an advantage over their American counterparts here in America: they lie and cheat. What I am about to tell you is something I have experienced. I am myself an American citizen. However, my wife is a green card holder. She became a green card holder after marrying me. She has her resume on monster.com. Since she has an Indian name, she constantly gets emails from IT recruiting companies. These IT companies I am talking about are all Indian-owned. They told my wife that they will train her to use certain software products (even though her background is in accounting). They will keep 30% of what she makes, and she will keep 70%. Even with the 70% of the total salary, she would still make well north of 50k.
Now, here's the deal. My wife has ZERO computer science experience. So you may all be asking, why would companies hire her? What the Indian IT recruiting firms ask her to do is lie on her resume. They wanted her to lie on the resume. For example, if she has no experience in C++, they want you to show that you have 7+ years experience programming in C++. I am an honest guy myself, and so is my wife. My wife went to train for a while, but when we saw what the company was all about, we told them we weren't interested anymore.
If you don't believe me, go to monster.com, create an Indian-sounding them, and see for yourself what happens. You will get emails from these companies every day. Most of these firms are based in New Jersey.
My wife is currently working at a retail store as a sales associate. Better to work honestly than lie and cheat.