Policy · Updated 8 Oct, 11:36 pm IST
Vance suspends Microsoft from green‑card programme ahead of Trump ceremony
Why it matters for readers: This is about US immigration enforcement affecting big tech and the timing was notable because it preceded an awards event.
- JD Vance, as head of a fraud task force, said Microsoft was suspended from a programme allowing companies to apply for green cards for H‑1B visa holders.1
- Vance alleged Microsoft fired 6,000 US workers last year while obtaining 6,300 H‑1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards.1
- The announcement came hours before President Trump planned to honor Satya Nadella and other tech leaders at a ceremony.1
- Vance framed the action as enforcing a message that companies must ‘hire great American workers’ and accused Microsoft of abusing the visa system.1
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