US suspends Microsoft, Adobe and others from green card work program
The move blocks new and pending labor certification filings tied to named firms, affecting employers that use the route to permanent residency for foreign technical workers.
The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and several other tech companies from a U.S. program that helps skilled foreign workers win permanent residency, saying the firms committed fraud. The companies named in the move also include Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro, and Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the government will not accept any new or pending permanent labor certification applications tied to them. The action matters for employers that rely on foreign technical talent because the program is part of the path to a green card, though the sources do not say the suspension changes H-1B rules themselves. Separately, JD Vance said the administration will investigate nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, over allegations that they are abusing a program for international students and using it to pressure wages downward.
Why it matters
For companies that depend on skilled foreign hires, the immediate change is that they cannot use this certification process for new or pending cases tied to the named firms. That matters because the program sits on the path to a green card, so the suspension can slow or stall residency cases for affected workers and the employers using them.
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Sources
- TechCrunch