Shouldnt that be our starting point. always offer the job first to an American. to see if an unemployed person or someone else wants to take it? Then if the job is not filled. we can consider other options. We know when it comes to HlB visas. which are visas offered to skilled workers to come into this country to fill in gaps for engineers and architects and professionals. there have been abuses. When we had the openings for the HlB visas. opportunities for people to come into this country. it turned out that 7 out of the 10 firms that won the right to offer HlB1 visas were not American companies trying to fill spots where they couldnt find Americans. They turned out to be foreign companies that were outsourcing workers to the United States. exactly the opposite of what we had hoped for. We dont want that to happen with the temporary guest worker program.