First a bit of humor.
Have you heard the one about Amazon laying off thousands of workers claiming that they had been replaced by "Artificial Intelligence" when they were actually illegally replaced by cheap H1-B workers?
Well, you have now:
Senators are demanding answers from Big Tech companies accused of "filing thousands of H-1B skilled labor visa petitions after conducting mass layoffs of American employees."
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The letters came shortly after Grassley sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem requesting that DHS stop "issuing work authorizations to student visa holders." According to Grassley, "foreign student work authorizations put America at risk of technological and corporate espionage," in addition to allegedly "contributing to rising unemployment rates among college-educated Americans."
If DHS refuses to stop authorizing the visas, Grassley requested a "detailed explanation of what legal authority DHS is relying on to issue these authorizations." He suggested that the authorization violates a law intended to ensure that only highly skilled workers and top talents that can't be found in the US are granted visas.
Seriously, Mr. Grassley, we know why they are doing this. Cory Lewandowski, Kristi Noem's unofficial "Chief of Staff" and snuggle bunny, is making bank from big tech, and he is returning the favor.
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Amazon perhaps faces the most scrutiny. US Citizenship and Immigration Services data showed that Amazon sponsored the most H-1B visas in 2024 at 14,000, compared to other criticized firms like Microsoft and Meta, which each sponsored 5,000, The Wall Street Journal reported. Senators alleged that Amazon blamed layoffs of "tens of thousands" on the "adoption of generative AI tools," then hired more than 10,000 foreign H-1B employees in 2025.
The letter similarly called out Meta for its "year of efficiency," laying off "a quarter of its workforce" between 2022 and 2023. Meta followed that with more layoffs impacting 3,500 employees in 2025, Senators noted, while receiving approval to hire more than 5,000 H-1B employees.
The stated purpose of the H1-B program is to allow companies to hire foreigners who have crucial and unique skills.
This almost never happens. Instead, it is used to hire cheap indentured servants.
That Amazon and the the criminal enterprise formerly known as Facebook™ are using it for cheap labor is not a surprise.
Notwithstanding its stated purpose, cheap labor is its real purpose,
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