Americans have more
bargaining power. If they can get a better wage down the road, then
they will go down the road. If they get better benefits, they can go to
a new job, but those guest workers cannot. So the employers who abuse the H-2B program go to the greatest
lengths to avoid hiring an American worker. The program says you have
to advertise for the jobs in advance, and they do, hundreds of miles
away in obscure newspapers that have nothing to do with the employer's
local economy. Many employers discourage Americans from applying in the first place.