Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing domestic staff with foreign labor, stating the company laid off 6,000 American workers in 2025 while using 6,300 H-1B visas and securing nearly 3,000 green cards. Since 2009, the targeted firms collectively requested nearly 3 million foreign workers and received over 100,000 permanent certifications. Vance has called on Congress to reform H-1B and J-1 visa programs to prevent corporations from undercutting domestic wages using "indentured servants" from abroad.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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US Suspends Microsoft and 7 Other Firms From PERM Program Over Visa Fraud
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The federal government has halted the ability of eight tech companies to sponsor employees for permanent residency to stop systemic abuse of the labor certification system. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling suspended Microsoft, Adobe and six outsourcing firms—including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini—from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program. The Department of Labor will no longer process new or pending applications for these firms following multiple active federal investigations into foreign labor favoritism and fraud.
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