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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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The Trump administration has halted applications for permanent labor certificates for Microsoft, Adobe and large IT companies. Officials have also launched investigations into nine universities, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford.
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Trump Administration Targets Tech Giants in Skilled-Worker Immigration Crackdown
The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft, Adobe and several major IT outsourcing companies from a key employment-based green-card programme while launching investigations into nine leading universities.
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