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US suspends Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tata, Microsoft and other tech firms from Green Card programme

Washington, Oct 8 (UNI) The Trump administration on Thursday suspended several major technology and IT outsourcing companies from the US government’s Permanent Labour Certification Programme (PERM), including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini, accusing the companies of abusing the system to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency.
Microsoft and Adobe were also barred from sponsoring H-1B workers seeking permanent residency through the programme.
US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the move alongside Vice President JD Vance and the head of the US Anti-Fraud Task Force, accusing companies of misusing employment-visa programmes and taking jobs away from American workers.
“I am hereby suspending from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme some of the largest IT outsourcing firms in the world, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini,” Sonderling said.
“We will not accept any new or process any pending permanent labour certification applications involving these companies,” he added.
Vance said the administration had also halted Microsoft’s ability to sponsor H-1B workers seeking green cards, accusing the company of prioritising foreign workers over Americans.
“Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” Vance said at a press conference on visa fraud.
Sonderling later announced that Adobe was also being suspended from the programme.
The action follows an administration-wide effort to crack down on alleged abuse of US work-visa programmes.
Vance accused Microsoft of fraud, citing its decision to eliminate thousands of jobs earlier this year.
US technology companies frequently use H-1B visas to employ foreign-born workers with specialised technical skills. “For every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one-and-a-half foreign indentured servants,” Vance said.
“Stop defrauding the American worker. Stop importing an indentured servant to do a job that an American worker would happily do,” Vance said.
Microsoft and Adobe did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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