Those of us who mock the conspiracy theorists are seen by the same small minds as thinking the current system is perfect. Far be that from the case. This article in the NYT does a pretty good job of discussing concerns about economic data. It even includes a rational discussion of how political pressures likely influence the data.
I'm sure there are those who will say that this article is pro-H-1B, since it doesn't propose calculating the unemployment rate as the number of people with Social Security numbers divided by the number of people with jobs (or one of the other IB suggestions). But for those who can read this article, it does a good job of identifying issues that the intelligent reader needs to be aware of in using these statistics. Those with limited cognitive ability will also find this article interesting, since they will surely find one or two isolated points that they can glom onto out of context.