Respectfully, and politely....if companies don't want to spend the $$$ on American workers, and scrimp by hiring H1B's....
What makes you think that said companies will spend money to hire Americans if all of the H1B's just get sent home?
My bet - from past experience - is that they'd just eliminate the positions altogether. Maybe hire a couple of overworked entry level guys that are too dumb to know how bad they've got it.
I saw it first hand with outsourcing. Company outsourced the IT dept - everyone kept the same desk, just switched employers. The conditions sucked, so everyone left. Replacements were not brought in until things completely broke down, then the few that came in just got pummeled.
Then, I left too. Dunno how the story ended. :-)
I guess what I'm saying is that things can always be worse. :-) Now, if you'd like to dump H1B's during boom times, when companies are willing to spend some cash....I might get behind that.
Can't do that with my job ... I'm a chip designer not an IT guy :
It takes YEARS of experience to do my job. Entry level would NOT cut it.
You can't design a chip without the stuff I design in it ... it can't be cut out
I have trained my replacement before ... it took over a year with an experienced H1B
H1Bs are NOT American workers and NOT protected ... send them home