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  "id": 12898272,
  "title": "U.S. suspends Microsoft, Adobe from green-card labor program in foreign worker crackdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/u-s-suspends-microsoft-adobe-from-green-card-labor-program-in-foreign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T15:51:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC Technology",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/microsoft-adobe-green-card-labor-suspension.html"
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  "summary": "The US government has suspended Microsoft and Adobe from a program that helps skilled foreign workers obtain permanent residency. According to Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, the suspension is due to multiple active federal investigations into the companies' involvement in the program.\n\nThe suspension also applies to several other technology companies, including Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro. The US government will not accept any new or pending permanent labor certification applications involving these companies.\n\nThe program in question, which involves H-1B visas, is designed for highly skilled positions that employers may struggle to fill with qualified US workers. According to Reuters, US Vice President JD Vance stated that nearly three-quarters of approved visas go to workers from India.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program for skilled foreign workers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-bars-microsoft-adobe-and-major-it-firms-from-green-card-program",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:42:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "U.S. suspends Microsoft, Adobe from green-card labor program in foreign worker crackdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/u-s-suspends-microsoft-adobe-from-green-card-labor-program-in-foreign-12898919",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:51:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Indian IT Firms Suspended From US Programme Sponsoring Workers For Green Card",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/indian-it-firms-suspended-from-us-programme-sponsoring-workers-for",
        "published": "2026-10-08T17:02:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US suspends Microsoft and Adobe from visa programme amid fraud claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-suspends-microsoft-and-adobe-from-visa-programme-amid-fraud-claims",
        "published": "2026-10-08T17:25:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "US freezes green-card processing for Microsoft, Adobe workers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-freezes-green-card-processing-for-microsoft-adobe-workers",
        "published": "2026-10-08T19:00:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "US suspends Microsoft, Adobe from filing for green cards",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-suspends-microsoft-adobe-from-filing-for-green-cards",
        "published": "2026-10-08T20:04:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}