Vance says Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers
Officials said the companies face indefinite PERM suspensions and nine universities are under investigation for alleged visa fraud.
- On Thursday, Vice President J.D. Vance and Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini from the Permanent Labor Certification program, citing alleged fraud.
- Vance justified the suspension by accusing Microsoft of replacing 6,000 laid-off American workers in 2025 with 6,300 foreign employees, characterizing the tech giant's use of the H-1B visa system as 'visa mills' to displace domestic staff.
- Microsoft rejected the allegations, stating 80% of its H-1B filings extend existing employees' status rather than hire new workers, and emphasized the 'vast majority' of its U.S. workforce are Americans.
- Expanding the crackdown, the administration launched J-1 visa fraud investigations into nine universities including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, while proposing a $70,000 fee for international students in Optional Practical Training .
- These measures reflect the administration's broader Anti-Fraud Task Force campaign aimed at tightening scrutiny on foreign-worker hiring practices across tech and academic sectors, marking systematic enforcement under Vice President Vance's leadership.
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US suspends green card route for 8 IT firms, including Microsoft
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday, October 8, it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a programme allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards as it also lashed out at universities that bring international students to the US on exchange programs. Other firms includes Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini. … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertai…
TCS sees no impact from US green-card programme suspension on workforce strategy
Tata Consultancy Services , India's top IT services exporter, said on Friday it does not expect the US suspension of the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) programme for IT companies to have any material impact on its workforce strategy or client engagements.
Trump administration suspending Microsoft from green card program, alleging fraud
Washington, Oct 09: President Donald Trump's administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a programme allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards as it also lashed out at universities that bring international students to the US on exchange programs. The announcement by Vice President JD Vance marks the latest swing from the Trump administration at employers and universities that welcome foreign…
Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities
The US suspended Microsoft, a major IT outsourcer, and software maker Adobe from a key green-card program on Thursday while opening probes into nine top universities, widening a crackdown it says targets fraud and protects American jobs.
TCS responds to US move to bar it from Green Card program, says workforce strategy in US anchored in hiring local talent
India's leading Tech major Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) has responded to the US government's decision to bar it and other IT companies from its green card program citing investigations into the alleged abuse of the program.
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