It hurts because of how H1-B visas are structured. If there was free-flow movement of these high-skilled workers (and none of this indentured servitude to the c

It hurts because of how H1-B visas are structured. If there was free-flow movement of these high-skilled workers (and none of this indentured servitude to the company), then salaries would raise equivalently. But for now it hurts local labor because it gives companies a pool of employees without rights (notably the right to walk away from a toxic environment without having to leave the country).