Last month, tech giant Intel announced plans to fire 12,000 global workers, calling it a a move that would "accelerate evolution from a PC company to one that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices."

However, what is interesting is the demographics - in the last 5 years, the company has been "swelling its workforce with 14,523 requests in Washington D.C. since 2010 for visas to import foreign professionals through the controversial H-1B and Green Card programs", American conservative website Breitbart reported.

Intel is one of users of America's H-1B program, which means it aggressively shops for cheap professional resources from India, China, and other countries.

According to MyVisasJobs.com, a leading US employment website for immigrant workers (and has sourced government data), here are the numbers:

2010 to 2015: 8,351 H-1B visas

5,172 applications: permanent Green Cards

The report adds that "many of the H-1B requests were made when the economy was stalled, and so many were likely granted."

As you can see from this screenshot of data showing the number of foreign nations applying for employment-based immigration, Indians lead the list. A call for stronger borders, and questions about immigrants vs American labour has been one of the salient points of 2016 Presidential elections campaigns, with Republican nominee Donald Trump demanding that America “bring back” their jobs from countries where they’re being outsourced to.