Springfield, Ohio and Sylacauga, Alabama do not happen in a vacuum. This can only happen in small towns where there is one major employer, a single owner of many multi-unit housing complexes, and a local transportation company that are all willing to destroy their local community for money. It only takes these 3 actors colluding with the feds to fuck the entire town. I've seen a similar play out in Mackinac City, MI, but with seasonal workers instead of H1Bs. (1/2)