Microsoft’s top lawyer informed a U.S. Senator Tuesday that when it comes to its layoffs, the software giant won’t be cutting its visa-carrying foreign workers before it cuts U.S. citizens.

Instead, the ax will fall where it’s needed, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) general counsel Brad Smith said in a letter today to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).

The letter comes in response to a letter from Grassley in late January in which he said he wants to ensure U.S. businesses employ “qualified American workers first before hiring foreign guest workers.”

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