{
  "id": 12903890,
  "title": "Infosys, Tata, Wipro Among 8 Firms Suspended By US From Permanent Labour Certification Programmes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/infosys-tata-wipro-among-8-firms-suspended-by-us-from-permanent",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T15:29:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/infosys-tata-wipro-among-8-firms-suspended-by-us-from-permanent-labour-certification-programmes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States has suspended eight major IT companies, including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft, and Adobe, from its Permanent Labour Certification Program. This decision was announced by US Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance, who heads the US Anti-Fraud Task Force. Sonderling stated that the Department of Labor will not accept new applications or process pending ones from these companies in the program.\n\nAccording to Sonderling, these companies have collectively requested nearly three million foreign workers since 2009. They have received over 230,000 H-1B visas and more than 100,000 permanent labor certifications. Sonderling emphasized that these companies have taken hundreds of thousands of jobs away from American workers.",
  "summary": "Washington: The US on Thursday suspended IT firms Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme. The announcement was made by US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling, with Vice President JD Vance, the head of the US Anti-Fraud Task Force, by his side. “I am hereby suspending from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme…",
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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."
}