https://fortune.com/2025/07/30/latinos-immigration-economy-j...
And H1B workers are paid slightly more on average, not less, than citizen workers. Not to mention that if you account for the cost companies pay to deal with the immigration process (lawyers, fees, etc) they end up being a lot pricier.
The new hatred towards H1B is part of a broader shifting of the Overton window. First hate illegal immigrants. Then ones on visas. Then naturalized citizens. And soon they come to a place where they can deport 100 million, their actual racist goal that the DHS tweeted recently:
https://xcancel.com/DHSgov/status/2006472108222853298
Meanwhile China just launched their new K visa to soak up all the amazing talent the new far right America is pushing away.