Posted on 09/25/2025 9:52:42 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Big U.S. companies are facing heightened scrutiny from Capitol Hill over their use of foreign employees on H-1B visas, with lawmakers raising concerns about layoffs and slumping job prospects for Americans.
On Wednesday evening, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) sent letters to the country’s largest users of H-1B visas—including Amazon, Apple and JPMorgan Chase—asking them to explain why they continue to hire thousands of H-1B visa holders while also cutting other jobs.
The senators asked for detailed information on how many H-1B workers the companies employ, what wages they are paid, and whether American workers have been displaced in the process. The letters cited reporting by the Journal about the weak tech job market.
The move comes less than a week after President Trump announced an overhaul of the H-1B program, including a new $100,000 fee for companies sponsoring foreign workers. That move caused panic for some companies worried they could retroactively be on the hook for fee payments. They mobilized HR teams and lawyers to address employee concerns and ensure compliance.
The H-1B system, created in 1990, is the primary pathway for foreign professionals to work in the U.S. Roughly 700,000 people currently live in the country on H-1B visas, according to a National Foundation for American Policy analysis of government data, with technology firms among the biggest users. Most H-1B holders are from India and China.
Amazon, the largest H-1B sponsor in the U.S., won approval for more than 14,000 new hires on the visa in fiscal 2025—the most of any company—even as it has announced layoffs affecting tens of thousands of jobs in recent years.
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I won't cost them a dime for the ones they've already brought over.
30k High Tech engineers tried to tell congress about this in ‘99 when HP ordered employees to either train in their replacements from India and get paid for 6 months or be terminated immediately.
Carly Forina was the CEO and was HATED at HP.
The Deep State did nothing except try and get Carly to run for President in 2016 and along with Jeb, tried to split the vote and get Hillary elected.
If Amazon sponsored them, there are fees involved. Whether or not those fees are actually paid is a different question.
Because tech bros are neo slavers.
This is about highend white collar jobs.
I’d rather our sons, daughters , nieces and nephews have jobs over a paltry 100000k.
Simple END THE H-1B visa.
Agree!
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