Tata Fired White US Workers in Favor of Visa Holders, Suit Says

Mumbai-based information technology firm Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. has targeted older American workers for termination at its US operations to make room for foreign workers on temporary visas, according to a new federal lawsuit.

The company, also known as TCS, is one of the largest users of H-1B specialty occupation visas especially popular in the tech industry. TCS has previously defended itself against litigation accusing it of unlawfully favoring South Asian workers who aren’t US citizens.

The complaint, filed Tuesday by former employee Randy Devorin, alleges that TCS has pushed out older White workers in favor of thousands of recent ...