> It’s a perfectly logical (if not humane given current immigration law) position to hold that companies should be required to lay off visa holders first and fo

> It’s a perfectly logical (if not humane given current immigration law) position to hold that companies should be required to lay off visa holders first and for there to be a “cooling off” Only from a particular nationalist sentiment that isn't aligned with capitalism and free-markets. It is fairly reasonable to believe that tech layoffs were used to blunt worker power. It's much harder to make that argument around h1bs, given the relatively small number of h1b employees, relative ease of employing foreign nationals, and (within the set of companies we're focused on) relative equality of visa holders (in terms of salary and growth opportunities).