US suspends Microsoft, major IT firms from green card programme

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The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and other major IT companies from a green-card programme for skilled foreign workers, citing alleged fraud. Vice-President J.D. Vance said the move is intended to pressure companies to hire more American workers.

The US government ⁠is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and ⁠several large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials have announced, 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 J.D. Vance said on Thursday. Vance said the programme required companies to advertise...