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2026-10-08 · Yahoo

Trump bars Microsoft from US green card scheme

Donald Trump sought to impose a $100,000 fee on H1-B visas, the category most popular among tech workers, last year - Reuters/Evan Vucci The Trump administration has banned Microsoft from an immigration programme for foreign workers, accusing the company of replacing American employees with overseas staff. The White House said Microsoft, Adobe and several other large IT firms would be blocked from sponsoring staff on work visas for permanent residency. JD Vance, the US vice president, accused the tech giant of replacing American-born employees with "foreign indentured servants" and committing "fraud". He said: "There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused the system more than Microsoft.

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