[dumitrue]

H1Bs can't vote you out of office so it's easy to be against them, the risk is lower to lose political capital (especially if you frame the discussion in terms of "protecting the jobs for Americans").

[lifeisstillgood]

But immigration laws one way or another do not stop a company in SV hiring a fantastic JS coder in Helsinki

American jobs is the wrong term - google jobs, apple jobs, Facebook jobs - all up for grabs by the best in the world