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微软在获批今年雇佣2273名外籍H-1B签证员工后，将裁员4800人
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡，福克斯新闻
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周四，一家知名美国游戏品牌的首席执行官获任命进入美联储高级别工作组，尽管此前该公司近期解雇1600名员工同时获批雇佣数千名外籍签证员工一事引发众怒。
据美国公民及移民服务局（USCIS）的数据，领导微软Xbox部门的阿莎·夏尔马本周早些时候宣布了裁员计划。微软称将总共裁员4800人，而该公司今年早些时候获批雇佣2273名外籍H-1B签证雇员。
就在本周裁员风波达到顶峰之际，美联储推进了任命夏尔马进入该行新设立的咨询职位的流程。
愤怒爆发：美国品牌在获批雇佣数千名外籍工人签证后解雇1600名员工
2026年6月4日周四，加州旧金山彭博科技会议期间，Xbox首席执行官阿莎·夏尔马出席该活动。该活动汇集了众多顶尖首席执行官、投资者和创新者，他们正利用科技改变我们周围的世界。（戴维·保罗·莫里斯/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
夏尔马将与安德森·霍洛维茨联合创始人马克·安德森以及斯坦福大学经济学教授查尔斯·I·琼斯一同加入“生产力与就业”工作组。
美联储主席凯文·沃什在有关此次任命的声明中表示：“美联储对物价稳定和最大化就业的承诺坚定不移。我们以严谨态度履行职责的决心也同样坚定。”
他继续说道：“每个工作组都将仔细审视政策制定者的手段方法、分析工具和政策路径是否可以得到改进。我很荣幸来自各个学科的顶尖人才同意与我们合作，提升美联储作为一个机构的履职能力。”
那些此前因夏尔马、Xbox和微软被指用外籍签证员工替换美国员工而愤怒抨击的人士，在任命宣布后继续表达不满。
微软表示，今年获批的签证中，740个是用于雇佣已在美国其他公司工作的员工，其余1533个是现有签证的续签。
特朗普提名代理劳工部长基思·宗德林担任常任职务，等待参议院确认
2026年6月17日，华盛顿特区，美国联邦储备委员会主席凯文·沃什在执掌美联储后首次新闻发布会上发言。沃什是总统唐纳德·特朗普在前主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔5月任期结束后任命的。（陈梦彤/中国新闻社/视觉中国 via 盖蒂图片社）
“这就像请埃爾·查帕罗领导毒品 Enforcement 管理局（DEA），”一名网友在线评论道。
另一位批评者称，美联储雇佣这位Xbox高管是在“ incentivize（激励）大规模解雇美国工人，转而雇佣外籍员工”。
“美联储需要有人帮忙解雇美国人，”另一位网友打趣道。
第四位网友称这一举措“完全无法解释”。
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一些人认为H-1B签证员工的雇佣存在种族因素，该签证的持有者绝大多数来自印度。夏尔马有印度血统，但出生于威斯康星州。
“提醒一下，她被提拔管理Xbox时没有任何游戏行业经验，如今被提拔为美联储提供咨询，也没有任何金融或经济经验，”一位X平台用户说道。“她的唯一作用就是清除美国白人，用印度廉价外籍劳工取而代之。”
美联储未回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
密歇根州庞蒂亚克，奥克兰县政府大楼外的集会支持一项提案，要求政府承包商使用联邦电子核实系统（E-Verify）核查求职者的移民身份。（吉姆·韦斯特/UCG/环球图片社 via 盖蒂图片社）
与此同时，副总统JD·万斯周二宣布对H-1B签证欺诈展开大规模调查。
“今天，我自豪地宣布，联邦劳工部已启动数十份传票和调查，针对那些试图利用H-1B签证项目牟利的外籍诈骗者，”他在威斯康星州密尔沃基的新闻发布会上说道。
“美国的工作岗位应该留给美国工人，而非外籍诈骗者，劳工部正在对此展开反击。”
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在回应置评请求时，微软指引福克斯新闻数字频道查看公司发言人在X平台发布的帖子。
“文中提及的H-1B数据是微软全公司范围的签证续签和新雇佣申请，并非特指Xbox部门，仅占微软整体员工队伍的一小部分。而且受影响的大多数岗位并非美国本土岗位，”弗兰克·肖在X平台上说道，并补充称Xbox是游戏行业美国员工雇佣规模最大的雇主。
彼得·达布罗斯卡是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者。
CEO under fire for mass layoffs amid foreign worker hiring spree now appointed to Fed’s task force on jobs
July 10, 2026 12:22pm EDT / Fox News
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs after getting approved to hire 2,273 foreign H-1B visa workers this year
By Peter D’Abrosca, Fox News
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The CEO of a popular U.S. gaming brand on Thursday was appointed to a high-level Federal Reserve task force despite ongoing fury over her company’s recent firing of 1,600 workers while being approved to hire thousands of foreign visa workers.
Asha Sharma, who heads Microsoft’s Xbox division, announced the layoffs earlier this week. Microsoft said that it will lay off 4,800 people in total, while it had been approved earlier this year to hire 2,273 foreign H-1B visa employees, according to data from U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS).
At the height of the wrath over the layoffs this week, the Federal Reserve moved forward with appointing Sharma to a newly-created advisory role within the central bank.
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Asha Sharma, chief executive officer of Xbox, during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The event brings together the leading CEOs, investors and innovators who are harnessing technology to change the world around us.(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Sharma will serve on a task force on “Productivity and Jobs” alongside Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen and Stanford University economics professor Charles I. Jones.
“The Federal Reserve’s commitment to price stability and maximum employment is unwavering. As is our resolve to pursue our mandate with rigor,” said new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh in a statement on the appointments.
“Each task force will carefully consider whether policymakers’ means and methods, analytical tools and policy approaches can be improved upon,” he continued. “I am honored that the best minds from a range of disciplines have agreed to work with us to sharpen our performance as an institution.”
Many of the same critics who raged at Sharma, Xbox and Microsoft over the perceived replacement of American employees with foreign visa workers continued their tirades after the announcement.
Microsoft said that 740 of this year’s visas were to hire employees already in the U.S. from other companies, while the other 1,533 were renewals of existing visas.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh speaks during his first news conference since taking the helm at the central bank on June 17, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Warsh was appointed by President Donald Trump after former chair Jerome Powell’s tenure ended in May.(Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
“It’s like asking El Chapo to lead the DEA,” one person said online.
Another critic said the Federal Reserve is trying to “incentivize” mass layoff of American workers in favor of foreign ones with their hiring of the XBOX executive.
“The Federal Reserve needs help firing Americans,” another person quipped.
A fourth person called the move “totally unexplainable”
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Some have claimed a racial component to the importation of H-1B visa workers, the vast majority of whom come from India. Sharma has Indian heritage but was born in Wisconsin.
“Reminder that she had zero gaming experience when she was promoted to run Xbox, and she has zero finance or economic experience now that she’s promoted to advise the Federal Reserve, said one X user. “Her one function is to purge white Americans and replace them with Indian cheap foreign labor.”
The Federal Reserve did not return Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Pontiac, Michigan, A rally outside the Oakland County government complex supports a proposal to require government contractors to use the federal E-Verify database to check the immigration status of job applicants.(Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance announced on Tuesday a large-scale investigation into H-1B visa fraud.
“Today, I’m proud to announce that the federal Department of Labor has started dozens of subpoenas and investigations into foreign fraudsters who are trying to take advantage of the H-1B visa program,” he said during a press conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“American jobs ought to go to American workers and not foreign fraudsters and the Department of Labor is fighting back against it.”
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In response to a request for comment, Microsoft directed Fox News Digital to a post on X by a company spokesperson.
“The H-1B figures being referenced are Microsoft-wide visa renewals and new hire applications. They are not specific to XBOX and represent a small percentage of Microsoft’s overall workforce. And the majority of roles impacted were not American roles,” Frank Shaw said on X, adding that XBOX is the largest employer of American workers in the gaming industry.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
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