CNBC reports: "U.S. suspends Microsoft, Adobe from green card labor program in foreign worker crackdown." The article indicates that the U.S. Department of Labor announced it was suspending Microsoft and Adobe from its Permanent Labor Certification program due to multiple federal investigations.
“Since 2009, just these companies alone have requested almost 3 million foreign workers. They’ve received over 230,000 H-1B visas approvals and over 100,000 permanent labor certifications. That’s hundreds of thousands of jobs that were taken from American workers,” Sonderling said.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Microsoft specifically, pointing to the firm’s 6,000 layoffs in 2025. Vance claimed that the company “replaced” those workers with people on H-1B visas.
“So we’re going to continue to support Microsoft and have a great relationship with Microsoft, but we’re also going to deny them the ability to apply for these permanent residencies until they show that they are going to get serious about putting American workers first,” Vance said.
Microsoft and Adobe are not the only companies coming under scrutiny. Labor Secretary "Sonderling also said the Labor Department won’t accept or process any new applications under the program for a host of companies, including Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro and HCL."
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