US Senators Charles E. Grassley and Richard J. Durbin criticised late Ratan Tata's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), claiming it is "hiring thousands of H-1B visa holders while laying off employees worldwide, including American staff". They wrote to TCS Chief Executive Officer Krithi Krithivasan on 24 September, with reference to a Wall Street Journal report that highlighted "troubling employment trends".

"We are concerned about some troubling employment trends in the tech industry. Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that the tech sector's unemployment rate was 'well above' the overall jobless rate," the letter read. "The Federal Reserve also found that recent American graduates with STEM majors now face higher unemployment rates than the general population", it added.

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