You aren't that much older than me, bucko ...
BTW ... H1B is/was not a "liberal" initiative. It was sold as necessary to ensure the competitiveness of American industry in the 21st century, and was backed by radical extemist groups like the United States Chamber of Commerce and by much of Silicon Valley. And I
think - using a memory only slightly more ate up than yours

- that H1B replaced something very much like it that has been used to recruit nurses and other professionals for 40 years or so.
Was the "damn feriner" that replaced you under 30, by any chance?

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