IT services giant Cognizant has announced that the firm will employee 10,000 staff over the next three years.

An announcement by Cognizant’s president, Gordon Coburn, detailed how the firm would create a new U.S. headquarters in Texas.

Recruitment would be focused on science, technology, mathematics and engineering graduates.

The move to increase employee numbers in the U.S. is currently threatened by propose new legislation, which aims to limit loopholes for green cards, work permits and H-1B or L-1 visas.

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