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  "id": 12984363,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T14:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNA - Business",
    "slug": "cna-business",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/us-trump-green-card-freeze-microsoft-it-firms-universities-6443266"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 9, the US government suspended Microsoft, major IT outsourcing firms, and software maker Adobe from a critical green-card program while launching investigations into nine leading universities. President Donald Trump's administration aims to reduce the number of foreign-born individuals in the US and limit their residency and citizenship pathways. The move may impact thousands of foreign tech workers seeking permanent residency in the US, although current H-1B visa holders are not directly affected. Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of laying off 6,000 American workers in 2022 while benefiting from 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards. The administration's actions mark the most extensive strike against skilled-worker immigration programs to date.",
  "summary": "The move may affect thousands of foreign tech workers seeking permanent residency in the US, but current H-1B visa holders are not directly affected.",
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      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "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"
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      {
        "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": "South China Morning Post",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:50:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}