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US Vice President J.D. Vance announced that the government has suspended Microsoft along with other major IT firms such as Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini from a green card program aimed at skilled foreign workers. The suspension is due to alleged fraud involving inadequate job advertising efforts by these companies to prove a lack of American candidates for positions before hiring foreign workers. Vance emphasized the need for these firms to prioritize hiring American employees.

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On October 8, the US government suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and several major IT firms including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini from a green card program known as PERM. This suspension is aimed at curbing alleged fraud and encouraging companies to hire more American workers. Vice President J.D. Vance accused Microsoft of abusing the system by laying off 6,000 American employees in 2025 while securing 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards for foreign workers. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling stated that no new or pending PERM applications from these companies would be processed. This move targets the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM), a critical step in obtaining permanent residency for foreign employees in the US.

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US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from green card programme IT firms including Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini will also be suspended from the programme, officials say The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials have announced, citing alleged fraud, and as part of an effort to push companies to hire more Americans.

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US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from green card programme · assertive framing

officials → suspend → Americans

“Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Thursday. asserted

Vance → ’re → Thursday

Vance said the programme required companies to advertise jobs in the US before applying to the Department of Labour to show they needed to give a foreign worker a green card because of a lack of American staff. asserted

they → say → staff

“They’ll put an advertisement in a small-town newspaper. asserted

They → put → newspaper

They’ll go out there and say that ‘We have advertised for a position with our company, and nobody is responding to it’. asserted

nobody → go → it

And they will use that lack of response to then go and replace American workers with what is effectively foreign indentured servants,” Vance said. asserted

Vance → use → workers

US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from green card programme

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