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US suspends major tech firms from PERM green-card programme
6,000people
JD Vance said Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers.
The US government suspended major technology companies, including Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services, from the PERM green-card pathway amid alleged fraud. Officials also announced a crackdown involving nine universities and alleged J-1 visa abuses.
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The United States government is suspending several major technology companies from a programme that provides skilled foreign workers a path to permanent residency.
2 of 2 sourcesâThe United States government has moved to exclude some of the worldâs top tech companies from a programme that allows them to sponsor skilled foreign workers for permanent residency.â
Microsoft was suspended from the skilled-worker visa programme.
2 of 2 sourcesâVance singled out Microsoft as a major offender and said it would be suspended from the PERM programme.â