US lawmakers have requested explanations from Tata Consultancy Services regarding the company’s ongoing submission of numerous H-1B visa petitions despite laying off American tech workers.
US senators are taking up the fight against the H-1B visa program, right up to the top management of major US corporations. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin have written a letter to 10 major U.S. employers, including Amazon, Apple, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deloitte, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Meta, Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Walmart.
Letters addressed to Companies
The biggest concern that emerges from the letters addressed to CEO’s of these 10 US companies is the practice that US firms adopted for filing thousands of H-1B skilled visa petitions following significant layoffs of American workers.
The H-1B visa program, which seeks to hire foreign workers, is at the center of the storm against America’s non-immigrant temporary population. US companies are accused of replacing American workers with low-skilled foreign workers at lower wages.
In the letters to the American companies, US lawmakers highlighted rising unemployment among tech workers and recent STEM graduates, citing large-scale layoffs directed by company leaders in recent years.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the only Indian company among the other nine US companies that have been sent letters by US lawmakers. All the companies have been asked to respond by October 10.
Letter to TCS
“TCS recently announced plans to lay off over 12,000 employees worldwide, including American staff. For example, TCS laid off nearly five dozen employees in its Jacksonville office alone last month.
At the same time you have been laying off American employees, you have been filing H-1B visa petitions for thousands of foreign workers. In fiscal year 2025, TCS received approval to hire 5,505 H-1B employees, making TCS the second-largest employer of newly approved H-1B beneficiaries in the nation.
With all of the homegrown American talent relegated to the sidelines, we find it hard to believe that TCS cannot find qualified American tech workers to fill these positions.
TCS is already under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly firing older American workers in favor of newly hired South-Asian H-1B employees. TCS is doing itself no favors by replacing Americans with H-1Bs while this investigation is ongoing.
We would like to give you an opportunity to explain yourself. Please provide answers to the following questions, with accompanying data where appropriate, by October 10, 2025.”
Questions Asked
Why is TCS hiring foreign tech workers when hundreds of thousands of American tech workers have been laid off over the past few years?
Does TCS make a good faith effort to fill open positions with Americans before filing H-1B petitions? Explain in detail.
Does TCS hide H-1B recruitment ads by listing them separately from general hiring ads?
Has TCS displaced any American employees with H-1B employees?
Are your company’s H-1B hires provided the same salary and benefits as your American workers with the same qualifications? Please provide specific details.
How many H-1B workers at TCS were recruited and hired at level one wages? How many of those workers are still working at level one wages?
Does TCS outsource any hiring to contractors or staffing firms that place H-1B workers within your organization?
