considering that it is the tech companies most involved in hiring h1b. it is not surprising that they are the main entities pushing this lie.
Also, the hot jobs market is not an American phenomenon. It's worldwide:
The Economist | The great jobs boom https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/05/23/the-rich-world-...
It's so obvious that this is a gig economy thing where survey data are being manipulated for the benefit of these tech companies. the issue is that these companies can't justify all the h1b requests if so many us citizens are out of work. to fix that it's clear they are fudging the definition of an employee.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-first-rate-cut-in-10-years...
they've lowered the fed fun rate for the first time in over 10 years. the unemployment numbers are effectively a sham. you can't have recessionary pressures and "full employment".