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According to a report, Indian IT firm Infosys has plans to hire 10,000 American workers in the next two years and open four technology centers in the United States, starting with a center this August in Indiana, the home state of Vice-President Mike Pence.
The move after some of the best Indian IT firms like Infosys, TCS and Wipro have become political targets in the United States for allegedly displacing jobs of American workers. They have alleged that Indian IT firms in US are limiting job opportunities for US Citizens by flying in foreign workers on temporary visas to service their clients in the country.
A report says that in a telephone interview with Reuters from Indiana, Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka said his company plans to hire American workers in fields such as artificial intelligence.
He said the firm has already hired 2,000 American workers as part of a previous effort started in 2014.