Hewlett Packard announced this week that the company plans to cut about 10% of its workforce, roughly around 30,000 American workers, while expanding the use of H-1B foreign worker visas.


This new set of layoffs comes as an addition to the 54,000 jobs HP has already cut, mostly affecting American workers. Yet, HP continues to hire foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.


The Obama administration has expanded the H-1B visa program by granting work-permits to the spouses of these foreign workers. There are around 650,000 H-1B workers currently residing in the United States.