I'm torn on this. I do think it's good to curb abuse by the Indian bodyshop companies like Infosys. They spam the system with applicants to the point that they

I'm torn on this. I do think it's good to curb abuse by the Indian bodyshop companies like Infosys. They spam the system with applicants to the point that they get more than their fair share of visas for what turn out to be relatively low-paid jobs with fairly horrible working conditions. At the same time, that couldn't happen if we didn't have the artificial per-country limit on employment-based green cards. This will hurt new grads and non-engineering STEM applicants though. But part of all thyis should be that if you did layoffs in the last 12 months (maybe even 2 years), you don't get to apply for H1Bs. Oh and any system that uses artificial performance metrics to force people out should also count as layoffs. By this I mean that some companies will require a quota of 5-15% of the workforce to get subpar ratings and, in the current environment, that means more likely being put on a PIP and fired within months. If the goal is 5-10% of the workforce every year to be ushered out on PIPs, that's a layoff.