That's bullshit. American employers don't want to overpay for labor, but American employers pay better than anyone in the world for skilled people who are willing to work hard. Trust me, I work overseas with American employers, and American employers pay wages that blow local markets away. The fact that American workers are no longer appreciably better-skilled than, and are demonstrably lazier than, the hordes of Mexican peasants streaming across our borders falls solely at the feet of the Democrat-controlled educational system and our lowest-rung workers themselves.

You get paid what you're worth. I make hundreds of thousands a year in a free market where I am inundated with competition. You want to make more money? Be worth it.