US suspends Microsoft, Adobe and IT outsourcers from green card labor program
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The Trump administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe and several major IT outsourcing companies from the federal labor certification process used for many employment-based green cards, citing alleged fraud and investigations.
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the Department of Labor would neither accept new applications nor process pending applications involving Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini. Under the Permanent Labor Certification program, or PERM, employers must demonstrate that hiring a foreign worker will not adversely affect US workers’ wages, working conditions or job opportunities.
Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of using foreign-worker programs while laying off Americans. Microsoft disputed his characterization, saying most of its US employees are American and that 80% of roughly 6,000 H-1B applications it submitted in the last fiscal year sought extensions or status changes for existing employees.
The suspension does not directly affect current H-1B visa holders, but it could interrupt a route through which employers sponsor temporary foreign workers for permanent residency.
Officials also announced investigations into nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT, alleging misuse of J-1 visas to hire international students and scholars at lower wages.
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US suspends Microsoft, Adobe and IT outsourcers from green card labor program
The Trump administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe and several major IT outsourcing companies from the federal labor certification process used for many employment-based green cards, citing alleged fraud and investigations into the companies’ use of foreign workers.investigations.
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the Department of Labor would neither accept new applications nor process pending applications involving Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini. Under the Permanent Labor Certification program, or PERM, employers must demonstrate that hiring a foreign worker will not adversely affect US workers’ wages, working conditions or job opportunities.
Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of using foreign-worker programs while laying off Americans. Microsoft disputed his characterization, saying most of its US employees are American and that 80% of roughly 6,000 H-1B applications it submitted in the last fiscal year sought extensions or status changes for existing employees.
The suspension does not directly affect current H-1B visa holders, but it could interrupt a route through which employers sponsor temporary foreign workers for permanent residency.
Officials also announced investigations into nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT, alleging misuse of J-1 visas to hire international students and scholars at lower wages. The institutions’ responses were not immediately reported.
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