My position de-links automatic deportations from the firings. The only people in danger of deportation are those with no visa of any kind, no visible means of

My position de-links automatic deportations from the firings. The only people in danger of deportation are those with no visa of any kind, no visible means of support, and no job prospects. Most of the people currently on H1B have sufficient skills that I'd never want them to leave, even if there are significant gaps in their employment history. Foreign workers would be fired as easily as domestics, but they would have just as much opportunity to get re-hired somewhere else, too. Just like locals, they'd only have to move back into Mom's basement when the money runs out. Working conditions might improve with business competition, but in reality, businesses will illegally collude to avoid that, and that's what professional associations and unions are for.