India pushes back after U.S. bars Microsoft, Indian firms from Visa program

[Permanent Resident Green card of United states of America on flag of USA. Above close up view.] Evgenia Parajanian/iStock via Getty Images India criticized the Trump administration’s decision to suspend the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program, calling it contrary to the shared ambitions of the two countries, according to a foreign ministry statement on Friday. The U.S. government on Thursday suspended multiple companies from using the Program Electronic Review Management system, as Vice President JD Vance called out rampant fraud in the H-1B visa program by the tech industry. Vance urged U.S.-based companies to change their policies to employ more American workers. “Stop defrauding the American worker.