"bipartisan scrutiny is falling on Bay Area tech giants Meta, Apple and Google, which are among the companies that use it the most. In evaluating the high unemployment rate for American tech workers, we cannot ignore the massive, ongoing layoffs ordered by you and your peers, a letter Wednesday to the three companies and seven other firms from Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Republican Sen. Chuch Grassley of Iowa said."
"The administration of President Donald Trump last week announced the federal government will start imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas on top of existing fees of about $5,000. This week, the administration introduced a proposal to change the lottery-based allocation system for the visa to give applications for jobs at higher wage levels a better chance of success."
The Trump administration proposed major H-1B visa changes, including a new $100,000 fee on new visas and a plan to weight the lottery toward higher-wage jobs. Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley sent a bipartisan letter to Meta, Apple, Google and other firms citing federal H-1B approval data and questioning reliance on foreign skilled workers while large tech layoffs persist. The letter reports 5,123 approvals for Meta, 4,202 for Apple and 4,181 for Google this year. The senators highlighted multiple rounds of cuts at Apple, tens of thousands of Google layoffs, and Meta’s reduction of roughly 25 percent of its workforce plus additional cuts this year, arguing that qualified American tech workers appear available to fill open positions.
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