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US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from key green card program

Global Published 8 October 2026, 20:28 · archived 8 Oct 2026

WASHINGTON: The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several large IT firms from a program that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials announced on Thursday, citing alleged fraud, and as part of an effort to push companies to hire more Americans. “Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” US Vice President JD Vance said. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling added that some of the largest IT firms in the world would also be suspended from that program, including Cognizant, Inf...

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