Vance suspends Microsoft from applying for green cards, accuses company of visa 'abuse'
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Vice President JD Vance announced the suspension of Microsoft and other tech firms from a key green card program, accusing them of abusing H-1B and J-1 visa systems. The administration claims these companies undercut U.S. wages by replacing laid-off American workers with foreign labor, citing Microsoft's layoff of 6,000 U.S. employees while utilizing thousands of visas.
Vice President JD Vance and Labor Department officials announced Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and others from a key employment-based, green-card program, accusing major tech firms and outsourcing companies of abusing the visa system at the expense of American workers.
"There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused the system more than Microsoft," Vance said at a news conference on H-1B and J-1 visa fraud, noting the administration was targeting companies that he accused of using foreign workers to undercut U.S. wages and replace American employees.
Vance said Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers last year while benefiting from 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards, calling it a "scandalous system."
"For every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with 1½ foreign indentured servants," Vance said.
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