Amid rising unemployment among US tech workers, Senators Charles Grassley and Richard Durbin have turned their sights on major corporations using H-1B visas to hire skilled foreign labor. Giants like TCS, Cognizant, and other tech titans face scrutiny amid large-scale layoffs of American staff while continuing to file thousands of visa petitions.
Grassley and Durbin, noted critics of the H-1B program, argue these practices may sideline domestic talent as they push to reform the visa system, aiming to close loopholes and enhance transparency. Recent data shows that tech sector unemployment dwarfs national averages, a concerning trend with implications for recent STEM graduates.
The senators recently penned letters to ten major firms, including Amazon and Google, probing their employment p