From Breitbart: A bipartisan pair of Senators is asking 10 major CEOs to explain why they are hiring Indian and Chinese H-1B migrants while they are also firing skilled American professionals.
“With all of the homegrown American talent relegated to the sidelines, we find it hard to believe that [you] cannot find qualified American tech workers to fill these positions allocated by the H-1B lottery program,” said the September 25 letter signed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL).
“In evaluating the high unemployment rate for American tech workers, we cannot ignore the massive, ongoing layoffs ordered by you and your peers in Big Tech C-suites over the past few years… At the same time you have been laying off your employees, you have been filing H-1B visa petitions for [thousands of] foreign workers,” Grassley and Durbin wrote in the letters.
Grassley chairs the Senate’s judiciary committee. Durbin is the top Democrat on the committee and one of the most pro-migration Democrats in Congress.
In a press release, the senators blasted out a list of major companies, calling them out for laying off American workers, then turning right around and applying for visas to hire thousands of foreign workers. The press release reads:
Grassley and Durbin are longtime partners on H-1B visa reform and the lead authors of the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act.
The senators wrote to the following companies, including two which have been, or are currently under investigation for discriminatory H-1B hiring and firing practices:
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Amazon, which laid off tens-of-thousands of employees in recent years, blaming the adoption of generative AI tools.
- In fiscal year 2025, Amazon applied for and received approval to hire 10,044 foreign H-1B employees.
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Apple, which made at least four rounds of workforce reductions in 2024, laying off hundreds of workers.
- In fiscal year 2025, Apple applied for and received approval to hire 4,202 foreign H-1B employees.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions, which laid off thousands of workers, including employees in the United States.
- In fiscal year 2025, Cognizant applied for and received approval to hire 2,493 foreign H-1B employees. In 2024, a federal jury concluded Cognizant favored South Asian H1-B visa holders over American employees, which warranted punitive damages.
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Deloitte, which laid off over a thousand employees in recent years.
- In fiscal year 2025, Deloitte applied for and received approval to hire 2,353 foreign H-1B employees. In 2024, a Journal of Business Ethics study found Deloitte pays H1-B visa holders 10 percent less than American citizens.
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Google, which laid off tens-of-thousands of employees in recent years – including hundreds of workers in its platform and device unit, and 35 percent of its small team managers – despite enjoying records profits.
- In fiscal year 2025, Google applied for and received approval to hire 4,181 foreign H1-B employees.
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JPMorgan Chase, which announced this year that it would conduct multiple rounds of layoffs affecting up to a thousand workers, despite enjoying record profits. Last month JPMorgan Chase laid off around 100 employees in its San Francisco office alone, despite reporting $15 billion in second quarter profits.
- In fiscal year 2025, JPMorgan Chase applied for and received approval to hire 2,440 foreign H-1B employees.
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Meta, which laid off a quarter of its workforce between 2022 and 2023 and labeled it a “year of efficiency.” In 2025, Meta laid off 3,600 employees, overshooting its stated goal of laying off another five percent of its workforce.
- In fiscal year 2025, Meta applied for and received approval to hire 5,123 foreign H-1B employees.
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Microsoft, which laid off 16,000 employees this year alone, despite record revenue and profits. Amid criticism for mass-layoffs, Microsoft characterized its actions as an “enigma of success.”
- In fiscal year 2025, Microsoft applied for and received approval to hire 5,189 foreign H1-B employees.
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which recently announced plans to lay off over 12,000 employees, including American staff.
- In fiscal year 2025, TCS applied for and received approval to hire 5,505 foreign H1-1B employees. TCS is currently under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly firing older American employees in favor of newly hired foreign H-1B visa holders.
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Walmart, which cited “technological changes” when announcing it would terminate 1,500 employees earlier this year.
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In fiscal year 2025, Walmart applied for and received approval to hire 2,390 foreign H1-B employees.
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— Senate Judiciary Republicans (@SenJudiciaryGOP) September 25, 2025
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