US lawmakers have questions for Big Tech and others on H-1B hiring practices

"Two US senators have questions for Big Tech and other top companies over their use of H-1B visas amid the Trump administration's push to slow down foreign worker hiring practices. In letters sent to 10 companies on Wednesday, including Amazon, Apple, Deloitte, and JPMorgan Chase, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking member Sen. Dick Durbin said they were concerned about the use of H-1B visa workers while the tech sector experiences a "high unemployment rate.""

"In the letter addressed to Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, the senators wrote that Amazon had laid off "tens of thousands of employees in recent years" while it was approved to hire "at least 10,033 H-1B employees" in the latest fiscal year. "With all of the homegrown American talent relegated to the sidelines, we find it hard to believe that Amazon cannot find qualified American tech workers to fill these positions," the letter said."

Two U.S. senators sent letters to ten major companies asking detailed questions about their H-1B hiring practices, citing concerns over high tech-sector unemployment and recent layoffs. The letters named Amazon, Apple, Cognizant, Deloitte, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Meta, Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services, and Walmart and asked whether companies displaced American employees with H-1B workers. The senators highlighted the number of H-1B approvals sought in 2025 and specific examples, such as Amazon’s approved hires versus layoffs. The inquiry arrived days after an executive order introduced a $100,000 fee for each new H-1B application.

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