Microsoft cut some H-1B workers but will hire more

Microsoft Corp. is letting H-1B workers go as part of its plan to lay off about 5,000 employees over 18 months, but the vendor will continue to hire visa holders as well, according to a letter that it sent to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) last week. In the letter, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith told Grassley -- a vocal critic of the H-1B program -- that company officials "do not expect to see a significant change in the proportion of H-1B employees in our workforce following the job reductions."

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