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"Given that the unemployment rate for college graduates sits at 2.5%, it is fair to say that most native workers displaced by H-1Bs land on their feet."

Working at starbucks with a huge debt load is landing on your feet?

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Do those Starbucks workers have a technical background? If yes and they're still working for starbuck wages, then there is something wrong.

I know a dual physics/mechanical engineering major who is driving trucks.

I think that's the point--something is very wrong here. Plenty of U.S. people have technical backgrounds who are under-employed and/or have abandoned the field due to low job prospects.

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