American employers like H-1B because of employment-at-will. The author mentions that companies will open remote offices in other countries if the H-1B program is severely curtailed.<p>Most other countries in the world do not have employment-at-will laws. Instead, they use the &quot;just cause&quot; method which increases the burden on the employer to fire for non-performance.<p>Labour flexibility is a big component of company profitability. Employment at will coupled with the threat of dismissal and forced return of the employee to their home country is powerful, even though it is morally wrong.<p>If anything we need to get rid of employment-at-will in America and replace it with &quot;just cause&quot; like the rest of the world.