"While the vast majority of Microsoft's U.S. workforce is American, Microsoft hires foreign workers to bring specially needed skill sets to our U.S. operations and to fill roles when qualified American workers are not available."
Oracle's Hoffman agrees. He says the debate over H-1B visas is misguided because visa holders complement the U.S. workforce, rather than supplant it.
"The H-1B workforce is a highly skilled workforce and one that contributes to the development of new, innovative businesses in this country."
Critics like Hira, however, question whether H-1B visa applicants do in fact have unusual capabilities that can't be found in the U.S. workforce.
Image: A boy holds a sign as he walks during a May Day immigration and labor march and rally in downtown Los Angeles. | Photograph: Danny Moloshok/Reuters
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