You know, I disagree with that. I think the reason this is a big story is that the H1B was sold to congress, and the American people, as a solution to a severe

You know, I disagree with that. I think the reason this is a big story is that the H1B was sold to congress, and the American people, as a solution to a severe crisis in the supply of software developers and other tech workers. For instance, Netflix fires people all the time. They also hire H1B workers, at (you can see the data) a very high rate. Now, there are still arguments to be made about worker freedom and mobility, suppressing salaries at the high end, an excessive tolerance of false negatives in hiring… but ultimately, using H1B workers for $250K+ jobs isn't going to get your average American riled up. Using these visas to specifically fire and replace US Citizens, and withholding a small severance unless the US citizens train their replacements, goes deeply against the way this visa was sold, which is a way to bring in more high level talent that is essentially unavailable in the US (ie., purely additive with synergies with existing workforce, not at all a replacement).