What does Trump's new order on layoffs mean? How is it going to impact H-1B Indians?

A company firing Americans and hiring H-1Bs will now be flagged by the US agencies. Amid mass layoffs being announced by several companies, the Donald Trump administration came up with a new executive order that directly links layoffs with H-1B hiring. H-1B is a visa program that allows companies to hire skilled workers from foreign countries. It is a common allegation that companies fire their workforce while continuing to hire for H-1B as that would cost them much less. In the new executive order, the government is now telling the agencies to look at an H-1B sponsoring company's layoff record when deciding whether to approve or process H-1B-related applications.What changes?Previously, an employer's layoffs were not generally a broad standalone factor considered in every H-1B case. There are already anti-displacement rules for certain H-1B-dependent employers and willful violators, but those rules are narrower.The new order directs DOL, DHS and State Department to consider whether an H-1B sponsoring employer recently laid off US workers; plans to lay off US workers; particularly where those workers are "similarly situated" to the H-1B position being sought.What does "similarly si...