{
  "id": 13019192,
  "title": "'80% Of H-1B Filings Were For Existing Staff': Microsoft Reacts After US Suspends Its Green Card Access",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/80-of-h-1b-filings-were-for-existing-staff-microsoft-reacts-after-us",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T03:12:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/80-of-its-h-1b-filings-were-for-existing-staff-microsoft-reacts-after-us-suspends-its-green-card-access"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US government has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and other large tech firms from a key employment-based green card program, accusing them of abusing the visa system to the detriment of American workers. Microsoft responded by stating that 80% of its H-1B filings last year were to extend or change the status of existing employees, not to hire new staff. The company added that the remaining filings involved individuals who were already legally in the US and had chosen to join Microsoft. Microsoft maintains that it hires American workers, pays its employees fairly, and aims to strengthen the US talent pipeline.",
  "summary": "Microsoft has pushed back on the Trump administration's crackdown on its use of employment-based visas, saying most of its H-1B filings last year covered employees it already had in the United States. Microsoft says filings were made for existing staff In a statement titled 'Microsoft Comment on Recent Immigration Questions', the company said it believes in the strength of the American workforce…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}