Nonilex<p>…As a result of choices made by legislators 35yrs ago, the effort to find a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizen</span></a> is not expected at the front end, when employers are considering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> from abroad. At that point, employers simply enter the lottery for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1Bs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1Bs</span></a>, & if they get one, they can use it.</p><p>Only once a company has employed someone for 5 or 6 yrs & become *committed* to *helping* that person stay in the US permanently must the company show that it is trying to find someone else.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>