Amazon, Microsoft Use of H-1B Visas Draws Inquiry in Senate

A bipartisan Senate duo is pressing Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., and other companies on their use of H-1B visas to hire foreign workers with specialized skills.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and top Democrat Dick Durbin (Ill.), on Thursday announced a probe into 10 tech, banking, and consulting companies for filing thousands of petitions for H-1B workers after conducting mass layoffs of American workers.

“In evaluating the high unemployment rate for American tech workers, we cannot ignore the massive, ongoing layoffs ordered by you and your peers in Big Tech C-suites over the past few years,” the ...