The level of legal immigration we have now will destroy this country. Illegal immigration is almost just a sideshow.
I just did a simple Google on “STEM unemployment rate” and that was the first article up, but there are many others:
http://www.cis.org/more-us-stem-grads-than-jobs
http://www.cjr.org/essay/it_doesnt_add_up.php?page=all
The fact that articles from the entire range of political viewpoints come to the same conclusion: we don’t need any more H1 visas for STEM workers until our own STEM graduates have employment.
Team Obama is pushing the increase big-time. What do you think motivates this?