Lawmakers Seek Answers From Major US Firms Over H-1B Visa Use Amid Layoffs

Washington: US deputies, on Thursday, including Apple (Aapl.o), including large US companies, while cutting other jobs, why they hired thousands of foreign workers in H-1B visas to explain.

The letter, after the Trump administration announced last week, will ask companies to pay $ 100,000 a year for H-1B visas, which will enable businesses to employ foreign workers in private professions. The US has also issued an offer to re-process the H-1B visa selection process to choose higher skilled and better paid workers.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Democratic Senator Dick Durbin asked 10 major employers about the number of H-1B workers employed, the wages paid and whether the American workers have changed in this process.

“When all American talents grown at home fall to the edges, Amazon will not be able to find qualified American technology employees to fill these positions,” senators Amazon CEO.

Wall Street Journal first reported the letter.

Big technology companies, including Meta, Amazon and Microsoft, which invest in artificial intelligence, announced business deductions this year.

Deloitte also received the letter of Alphabet’s Google, Meta, Microsoft, Walmart, Cognizant Technology Solutions and TATA Consultancy Services.

According to government data, India was the biggest utilitarian of H-1B visas, which made up 71% of the approved utilitors, and made up 71% of approved utilitors.

In the first half of 2025, the Amazon and the cloud computer unit AWS received approval for a 12,000 H-1B visa, while Microsoft and Meta had a 5,000 H-1B visa approval.

Walmart, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta and Cognizant, Reuters did not respond to the request for comments immediately when Microsoft refused to comment.