Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities
The move may affect thousands of foreign tech workers seeking permanent residency in the US, but current H-1B visa holders are not directly affected.
On October 9, the US government suspended Microsoft, major IT outsourcing firms, and software maker Adobe from a critical green-card program while launching investigations into nine leading universities. President Donald Trump's administration aims to reduce the number of foreign-born individuals in the US and limit their residency and citizenship pathways.
The move may impact thousands of foreign tech workers seeking permanent residency in the US, although current H-1B visa holders are not directly affected. Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of laying off 6,000 American workers in 2022 while benefiting from 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards. The administration's actions mark the most extensive strike against skilled-worker immigration programs to date.
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- US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from key green card programme dawn.com
- US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from green card programme scmp.com
- The US suspends Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, and others from a program that lets skilled foreign workers gain permanent residency, citing alleged fraud (Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff/Reuters) reuters.com
- Microsoft suspended from applying for green cards for H-1B workers, JD Vance says theguardian.com
- Microsoft, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, Cognizant, HCL and Capgemini hit by US H-1B, green card crackdown indianexpress.com
