# H1B Visa Workers Used To Displace American Workers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1b-visa-workers-used-to-displace-american-workers/745724 "2016-02-10T16:44:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1b-visa-workers-used-to-displace-american-workers/745724/81 "2016-05-06T04:48:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What I’m getting from this is that true compassion and support for one’s fellow citizens are not even in mere conflict – they literally cannot exist in the same person. > > Okay, I guess. :dubious: Support for one’s own citizens at the expense of people who are worse off and true compassion certainly cannot co-exist in the same (non-hypocritical) person. Maybe if they’re not aware of the import of their support, but not after it has been pointed out. Not to mention that protectionism is the sort of support that isn’t actually support. It’s just damaging yourself and damaging the other. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1b-visa-workers-used-to-displace-american-workers/745724/82 "2016-05-06T05:22:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 😕 > > Can you give me an example of such a real-world situation? I can’t seem to come up with one off the top of my head. College grads with 2.5 GPAs are still college grads, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1b-visa-workers-used-to-displace-american-workers/745724/83 "2016-05-06T06:07:48Z")
What I still can’t come up with is a “real world situation” where I’ve ever needed to use trig. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1b-visa-workers-used-to-displace-american-workers/745724/84 "2016-05-06T08:45:54Z")
[Quote=Nava] What I can’t come up with is a “real world situation” where I’ve ever needed to use trig. [/quote] ^^^ Yes, that. ^^^ ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1b-visa-workers-used-to-displace-american-workers/745724/85 "2016-05-06T14:24:08Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > It could be that the primary objective of corporations is to make money for their shareholders, not to create jobs. I know this post is 3 months old, but I had to say: while this is true, the primary objective of American _laws_ should be to protect and serve Americans, not people from other countries. > [@bldysabba](#): > > What I am advocating for is a lack of hypocrisy in stated positions. You cannot claim to be driven by compassion if you only feel compassion for your own countrymen (especially when said countrymen are significantly better off than those you are trying to keep off the ladder). Yes, you can. I agree with Shagnasty. My compassion exists in concentric circles. I care vastly more about the interests of the American people than I do about people from the other side of the earth. If their countries are having problems, it’s up to them, not us, to fix them. And they’re free to do so, by other means than sending large swaths of their populations here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h1b-visa-workers-used-to-displace-american-workers/745724.md?page=4)