JD Vance and the Labor Department suspended Microsoft, Adobe and six IT outsourcers from PERM, the labor certification most employer green cards require. Employees already in those queues pay first, and the officials' fraud charges put past filings under legal scrutiny.
Perspective Coverage
19 publishers
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- Builder 16%
- Operator
- Operator 43%
- Investor
- Investor 41%
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+50
- Incentives70
- Confidence68
USCIS data shows two-thirds of Microsoft's H-1B approvals went to people it already employed
CNBC's analysis of USCIS data finds two-thirds of Microsoft's 6,258 fiscal 2025 H-1B approvals went to existing employees. That undercuts Vance's claim that visa hires replaced laid-off staff, but the PERM suspension covers green cards, outside this count.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+40
- Incentives50
- Confidence60
Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling's department will neither accept nor process PERM green-card filings for eight firms, Microsoft among them. Immigration lawyers say H-1B holders near the six-year visa limit, who need green-card progress to stay, are most exposed.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 15%
- Operator
- Operator 40%
- Investor
- Investor 45%
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives65
- Confidence60
US green-card freeze singles out Microsoft, Adobe and six IT services firms
US officials are suspending Microsoft, Cognizant, Capgemini and five other named firms from the PERM green-card program, citing alleged fraud. Meta, Amazon and Google keep access, leaving the named firms to recruit against rivals that can still sponsor.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives65
- Confidence60
US freezes green-card sponsorship at Infosys, TCS and six other employers
US officials have suspended Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe from PERM green-card sponsorship. For the five that Al Jazeera counts as Indian IT firms, the order as reported covers the green card that often follows an H-1B visa, not the visa itself.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives60
- Confidence55