&gt;pick on the foreigners?<p>You&#x27;re being ridiculous. It&#x27;s not picking on them at all. They are trying to protect US citizens from losing their jobs (or getting wages cut) due to a sudden availability of cheap labor. A government is rightfully concerned with making sure its own citizens are gainfully employed. Citizens vote, foreigners don&#x27;t. Every person within those borders who does not have a job puts a drain on the rest of the country. Someone without a job outside of those borders does not. So bringing someone across those borders while an unemployed person is within them is a net economic negative.
Look at the biggest H-1B recipients: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.myvisajobs.com&#x2F;Reports&#x2F;2015-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.myvisajobs.com&#x2F;Reports&#x2F;2015-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx</a> It&#x27;s all low quality outsourcing shops like Infosys and Cognizant.<p>&gt;why USians should have a god given right to jobs in the US?<p>These laws&#x2F;protections are intended to prevent a race to the bottom. If the public subsidizes the operation of a company through security, education, and infrastructure, the community that makes that investment is entitled to ensure that the fruits of that investment go to other members of the community.