Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers for US residency
The US says Microsoft abused immigration rules; the company disputes the claim.
The US says Microsoft abused immigration rules; the company disputes the claim.
The short version
- Donald Trump’s administration has temporarily banned Microsoft, Adobe, and several other tech companies from sponsoring workers for permanent US residency, claiming they abused immigration programs at the expense of American citizens.
- Vance’s message to Microsoft that it could not “lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants” triggered an angry reaction from the Indian government.
- “Resorting to terminology that carries painful historical and colonial legacy connotations is deeply offensive,” the foreign ministry in New Delhi said in a statement on Friday.
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