Trump admin suspends green cards to Microsoft as Vance accuses the company of replacing laid-off workers with ‘foreign indentured servants’
President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a program allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards as it also lashed out at universities that bring international students to the U.S. on exchange programs.
TL;DR
- The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini from a program allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards.
- Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of using H-1B visas to replace laid-off American workers with 'foreign indentured servants.'
- Vance claimed Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers while securing over 9,000 H-1B visas and green cards.
- Microsoft stated that 80% of its H-1B applications were to extend or change the status of existing employees, not to hire new people.
- The administration also targeted universities over their use of J-1 visas for international students, with nine universities singled out for investigation.
- A proposed fee of $70,000 for international students seeking to work in the U.S. via the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program was also announced.