If Google can't import the talent they need into the US, they have the option of just sending the work to an office in India, at least, as they did in the last

If Google can't import the talent they need into the US, they have the option of just sending the work to an office in India, at least, as they did in the last layoffs. If we freeze up immigration here in the USA, Google and all the other big techs have an easy way out. The bigger issue is that if you want to collect top talent from all over the world, you might not be able to do that in India yet, but maybe you still can do it in Zurich or Munich. The US is kind of caught in a bind here: they want companies to continue doing R&D here, and that means being competitive with respect to immigration. But at the same time, they want to encourage employment of existing residents/citizens, without being so restrictive that those jobs just move to other countries anyways.