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Vance says Microsoft, Adobe and IT outsourcing firms are suspended from the green card sponsorship program over alleged abuse
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Labor Department is indefinitely suspending Microsoft from its PERM program, which companies use to seek permanent residency for foreign workers hired on H-1B visas, along with Adobe and several IT outsourcing firms, after an investigation by the anti-fraud task force he chairs, CNN and AP reported. Vance said Microsoft laid off about 6,000 American workers last year while obtaining 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards; Microsoft said 80% of its roughly 6,000 H-1B applications last fiscal year were to extend or change the status of existing employees and that it pays H-1B workers the same as others doing comparable work. Vance also named nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT, for investigation over their use of J-1 visas.
- CNNTrump admin bars Microsoft and other tech companies from seeking permanent residency for foreign workers
- NBC News (AP)The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud