{
  "id": 13006523,
  "title": "U.S. suspends Microsoft and other tech firms with India links from visa program",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/u-s-suspends-microsoft-and-other-tech-firms-with-india-links-from",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T02:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/09/companies/microsoft-us-visa-program-ban/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The U.S. government has indefinitely suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and six other tech companies, including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini, from participating in a key immigration initiative. These firms, which often provide contract IT work to other businesses, have been accused of abusing the worker visa program. Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the suspensions during a briefing in Washington. The move comes after multiple federal investigations into the use of the system, which allows U.S. employers to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency. Vice President Harris specifically criticized Microsoft, the world's third most valuable company, for exploiting the program.",
  "summary": "The move came hours before the U.S. president honored Microsoft's CEO with a medal at a summit intended to spotlight U.S. scientific leadership.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "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."
}