Microsoft's Xbox division is cutting 1,600 jobs... but critics are pointing to another number that's fueling outrage.
Microsoft says it's laying off 4,800 employees companywide, while federal data shows the company has also been approved for 2,273 H-1B employer-sponsored visa workers this year.
Critics say American workers are being pushed aside in favor of lower-cost foreign labor, reigniting the debate over the H-1B visa system and who should be filling U.S. tech jobs.
The H-1B program has become a major point of debate in Washington. President Trump recently tried to limit employers' use of the program by proposing a $100,000 fee on companies filing H-1B applications, saying the move would help prioritize American workers.
A federal judge later struck down the proposal, ruling that it effectively imposed a tax that only Congress has the authority to enact.
We remember Sony's brilliantly brutal "This is how you share your games on PS4" video, as PlayStation kills discs 13 years later: https://t.co/Rv7qi8aPj3
@Cheebo23@BreannaMorello Free room and board, meals, probably some form of entertainment for the rest of his life? While the other dude rots in the dirt.
@AKHENATEN_RAH@JoelWebbon@MDK5ADAY Any, especially nowadays with AI, anything else, I would appropriately pay any body of any race, creed, or class to do the job well.