This article is confusing offshoring with outsourcing, it says of the h1b:<p>&quot;outsourcing firms that use them to import workers&quot;<p>And throughout it interchanges offshoring and outsourcing, all the way through its conclusion:<p>&quot;Overwhelmingly, the H-1B program is working to speed up the offshoring,&quot; Hira said, &quot;rather than keeping [jobs] here in the U.S.&quot;<p>What h1b does is keep the jobs in the U.S. staffed by work permit holders, it is the opposite of offshoring.