Trump administration suspends Microsoft from green card programme, alleges fraud
AgenciesPresident Donald Trump’s administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H...
President Donald Trump's administration has suspended Microsoft from a program that allows workers to apply for green cards in the U.S. after accusing the tech giant of fraud. The program in question is used by companies to obtain H-1B visas for foreign workers, who are then brought to the U.S. to fill positions that American workers cannot or will not fill.
Vice President JD Vance and other top administration officials have criticized various programs, including the one targeted at Microsoft, as empowering American companies to hire foreign workers and undercut American workers. Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, has faced scrutiny for allegedly replacing American workers with foreign workers.
In the past year, Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers but also obtained 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards. The administration's announcement came just hours before Trump was set to award Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, a prestigious award for American technology leaders.
Vance argued that Microsoft has used the H-1B program more than any other company and that the company replaced every laid-off American worker with 1.5 foreign workers. The administration's actions come as part of a broader effort to crack down on what Trump supporters allege are abuses of immigration programs, particularly those involving foreign workers.
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