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Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities

Global Published 9 October 2026, 17:10 · archived 9 Oct 2026

WASHINGTON: The US suspended Microsoft, major IT outsourcers and software maker Adobe from a key green-card program on Thursday while opening probes into nine top universities, widening a crackdown it says targets fraud and protects American jobs. Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has pursued a broad effort to reduce the number of foreign-born people in the US and curtail their pathway to residence and citizenship. Thursday’s twin actions mark the broadest strike yet against skilled-worker immigration programs — potentially cutting off a common path to permanent residency for fore...

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