In recent weeks, Amazon, Meta, and Twitter all announced massive layoffs in a sign that the hiring frenzy we've come to know as status quo is no more. This presents a plethora of challenges for corporate counsel in the weeks and months ahead, but perhaps one of the most complex of these is what to do about international employees holding H-1B visas.

You have likely relied on your external immigration attorney teams to handle all issues as they relate to your foreign national employees, but will those same teams be able to navigate the rough waters of thousands of foreign employees suddenly being faced, in a worst case scenario, with deportation? Unfortunately, it's likely that this unprecedented level of layoffs will present an unparalleled challenge for both internal and external legal resources.