Why all these unnecessary foreign worker programs?

I ripped these phrases from the news this month about the grim prospects ahead for American graduates in computer science and engineering (6.1 and 7.5 percent unemployment, respectively!). Wages are stagnant; there aren’t enough opportunities; and federal guest worker programs like OPT and H-1B are not only unnecessary, but are contributing to the problem.

Immigration maximalists sell guest worker programs as solutions to temporary labor shortages, but the reality is something else completely. These programs bypass domestic workers and exploit foreigners who work for less. As the headlines this week make clear, there is no shortage of American STEM talent. So why is our government filling hundreds of thousands of jobs with guest workers?