I understand perfectly. And I still firmly believe that companies should immediately and completely lose ANY access to the visa pipelines if they do a layoff.

I understand perfectly. And I still firmly believe that companies should immediately and completely lose ANY access to the visa pipelines if they do a layoff. If visa holders are that important to the company, then the company will figure out how to not do a layoff, no? Of course, I'm also someone who believes that visa holders should be granted green card status within 24 months tops--none of this 7 years of indentured servitude bullshit. Green cards like this would shut down 90+% of the companies abusing the visa process in the US.