{
  "id": 12956057,
  "title": "‘These were not to hire new people’: Microsoft says amid Trump administration's visa fraud allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/these-were-not-to-hire-new-people-microsoft-says-amid-trump",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T21:08:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/these-were-not-to-hire-new-people-microsoft-says-amid-trump-administrations-visa-fraud-allegations-101791491099933.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft has denied allegations from the Trump administration that it used the PERM program for visa fraud, claiming the majority of its H-1B visa applications are for extending or changing the status of existing employees. Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing American workers with cheaper foreign labor, citing an investigation that found the company laid off 6,000 American workers while hiring 6,300 non-citizens. Microsoft disputes these claims, stating that only 1% of its US workforce consists of newly hired employees on H-1B visas.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}