> They are publicly announcing...

So? They clearly have an opinion on this. Why isn't a company, especially a big company which has many types of stakeholder, allowed to share its opinion?

I'd much rather it did this than just bribe the politicians to change the laws.

> what about the harm that comes to the citizens who would have held those jobs

Well, indeed. This was going to be a huge operation that would have involved shipping in many families, exposing them to these laws.