Vance suspends Microsoft from a green card program to crack down on alleged fraud
Summary
Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft and Adobe are suspended from a U.S. program that helps foreign workers get green cards. Vance accused Microsoft of abusing the program by firing American workers and replacing them with foreign workers paid less. Microsoft denied the claims and said they follow the rules and pay fair wages.Key Facts
- Microsoft and Adobe were suspended from the PERM green card certification program.
- The PERM program allows companies to hire foreign workers permanently in the U.S.
- Vice President JD Vance claims Microsoft fired 6,000 American workers last year and replaced them with over 9,000 foreign workers on H-1B visas and green cards.
- Vance described these foreign workers as “indentured servants” earning lower wages than Americans.
- Microsoft said most of its U.S. employees are Americans and it pays competitive wages to all workers.
- Microsoft only files H-1B visa petitions for workers who meet strict rules and pays them as much as comparable American employees.
- President Donald Trump awarded Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the Medal of Technology and Innovation on the same day.
- The suspension is part of a broader federal investigation into fraud and abuse in the H-1B visa program.
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