Interesting an article like this would not mention h1b at all. On Blind you see posts of people laid off from fang willing to settle for whatever pay as long as the employor can sponsor their visa to avoid deportation
In my personal opinion, H1b visas are made this way so that the people on them are kept docile and will pretty much accept anything from employers who are then free to abuse them.
It was funny seeing people bikeshed the use of the word "master" in a code base while not realizing H1B workers are the next best thing to actual slaves.
Getting deported OR settling for first acceptance jobs within 60 days. OR going to Canada that has opportunistically opened their doors. OR going back home.
Obviously, the American voters don't want lots of immigration any more. They said so quite clearly when they voted for Trump. Even well before that, America's immigration system (namely the H1-B) was highly exploitative. Prospective immigrants should think a lot about why they want to go so badly to a country that clearly doesn't want them, and look for countries that treat immigrants better.