US suspends Microsoft, Adobe and six IT firms from green-card labor program
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The U.S. Department of Labor suspended Microsoft, Adobe and six major IT outsourcing companies from the Permanent Labor Certification program on Thursday, preventing the department from accepting new applications or processing pending ones involving the companies.
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling named Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Capgemini alongside Microsoft and Adobe. He said the suspensions were tied to active federal investigations and allegations that employers had abused the program, known as PERM.
PERM allows employers to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency after generally establishing that no qualified, willing and available U.S. worker can fill a position. Vice President JD Vance accused companies of inadequately advertising jobs to Americans before seeking green cards for foreign employees. He singled out Microsoft, citing about 6,000 layoffs in 2025 while alleging that the company obtained roughly 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.
Microsoft disputed the characterization of its hiring practices. The company said most of its U.S. employees are Americans and that 80% of approximately 6,000 H-1B applications filed during its last fiscal year involved extensions or status changes for existing employees. It said the remaining filings covered people already legally in the United States and represented about 1% of its U.S. workforce. Adobe did not immediately provide a public response in the reports.
Hours after the announcement, President Donald Trump awarded Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the National Medal of Technology and Innovation during a ceremony honoring six technology leaders.
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