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White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program
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Microsoft and several other technology firms have been barred by the White House from hiring skilled international workers on a permanent basis through a widely used visa program.
Key facts
- Vance put forward on Thursday that Microsoft had laid off about 6,000 workers and filed 6,800 H1b visa applications over the same period of time
- During the last fiscal year, the US Department of Labor certified, external more than 130,000 PERM applications accross ten business categories
- Satya Nadella, Microsoft's long-time chief executive, was at the White House on Thursday to receive a novel medal for technology innovation from President Donald Trump
- Other tech industry figures to receive medals from Trump were Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Sergey Brin, and Michael Dell
Summary
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday accused Microsoft alongside other firms of committing fraud through the use of the H1b visa programme and a related process for workers from abroad to become permanent US residents. Vance claimed that Microsoft, one of the most valuable companies in the US, has been effectively replacing American workers with "foreign indentured servants. Microsoft said most of the H1b visas filed over the last financial year were for existing workers, who are paid the same as local staff. "No company in the US has abused this system more than Microsoft," Vance said.