US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program for skilled foreign workers
The other firms being suspended from the program include Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro.
TL;DR
- The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro from a program for skilled foreign workers seeking permanent residency.
- Vice President JD Vance stated the administration's priority is to hire American workers.
- The government will reject new and pending permanent labor certification applications from these companies.
- Nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, are being investigated for alleged abuse of international student programs that may undermine American wages.
- Microsoft stated that the majority of its U.S. employees are American and that most H-1B applications are for existing employees.