Reply #35: I doubt that has anything to do with H-1B visas.

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H-1B "regulations define a “specialty occupation” as requiring theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge", such as "architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, law, accounting, business specialties, theology, and the arts, and requiring the attainment of a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent as a minimum". "Typical H-1B occupations include architects, engineers, computer programmers, accountants, doctors, business managers, and college professors."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1B_visa

That doesn't sound like most hotel/motel workers. Our immigration system gives preference to family unification, so that most legal immigrants are petitioned to come here by relatives (including owners of motels) who have preceded them. Needless to say, many business owners in the US hire family members for small businesses. That is not just true of Indians.