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  "id": 12904496,
  "title": "US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from green card programme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-suspends-microsoft-major-it-firms-from-green-card-programme",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T15:50:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370230/us-suspends-microsoft-major-it-firms-green-card-programme"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and several major IT companies from a green card programme for skilled foreign workers, citing alleged fraud and a push for American hiring. US Vice-President J.D. Vance stated that the programme requires companies to advertise jobs in the US before seeking a green card for a foreign worker, as they must prove a lack of qualified American workers. Microsoft was accused of laying off 6,000 American workers in the previous year while obtaining 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards. The Department of Labor will no longer process any new or pending permanent labour certification applications for these companies. Nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, are also under investigation for allegedly hiring international students to undercut American wages, with Labour Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito serving subpoenas.",
  "summary": "The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials have announced, citing alleged fraud, and as part of an effort to push companies to hire more Americans. “Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” US…",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/trump-administration-freezes-green-cards-for-microsoft-it-firms",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:37:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "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)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/the-us-suspends-microsoft-adobe-cognizant-infosys-and-others-from-a",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:55:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Microsoft, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, Cognizant, HCL and Capgemini hit by US H-1B, green card crackdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/microsoft-infosys-tata-wipro-cognizant-hcl-and-capgemini-hit-by-us-h",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:21:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from key green card programme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-suspends-microsoft-major-it-firms-from-key-green-card-programme",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:45:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Microsoft suspended from applying for green cards for H-1B workers, JD Vance says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/microsoft-suspended-from-applying-for-green-cards-for-h-1b-workers-jd",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:40:30.000Z"
      }
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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."
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