> All the H1B's I have worked with are whip smart, hard working, and in general amazing people.

That's surprising; for me, H-1Bs have run the gamut, with a range of talent and ambition that's pretty similar to the range of talent and ambition I see with US-born workers. And I think this is perhaps the problem: your experience should be the norm, if the H-1 visa program is functioning properly, but I don't think that's the case.

Among my friends who have been on H-1Bs, they tend to be high performers, but that's just selection bias at work.