I hate to rain on anyone's parade but the author of the article does not know what he's talking about.
The .gov has strict rules about what you have to pay people on H1b visas. When we looked at it, we would have to pay MORE THAN the going rate for Americans.
The only reason to consider them is that, for 50 years or so, there has been a shortage of US engineering graduates. That's because US students would rather major in cookie cutting subjects. Student loans should be based on the likelihood that the graduate will be able to work in a useful field, in order to pay back the loan. They aren't.
