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Trump administration freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: The United States Department of Labor and Executive Immigration Enforcement
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  Speaker 1: Agencies announced on October 8, 2026, a comprehensive suspension of
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  Speaker 1: employment-based green card sponsorship applications for major technology corporations, including Microsoft, Adobe,
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  Speaker 1: and prominent international IT consulting firms. Spearheaded by Vice President J.D.
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  Speaker 1: Vance and Labor Department officials, the federal directive halts participation
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  Speaker 1: in the Permanent Labor Certification Program, known as PERM, effectively
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  Speaker 1: blocking new permanent residency filings and freezing pending cases. Federal
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  Speaker 1: officials cited active investigations into potential fraud and system abuse,
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  Speaker 1: alleging that corporations utilized foreign labor programs to underplay domestic
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  Speaker 1: employment protections while simultaneously conducting domestic staff reductions. The administrative
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  Speaker 1: restrictions specifically target high-volume corporate sponsors, including major IT service
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  Speaker 1: providers such as Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Cognizant, HCL Technologies,
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  Speaker 1: and Capgemini. Under statutory PERM requirements, employers must demonstrate that
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  Speaker 1: hiring a foreign candidate will not adversely affect domestic wages,
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  Speaker 1: working conditions, or employment opportunities for qualified American workers. Administration
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  Speaker 1: officials highlighted operational metrics in defense of the freeze, alleging
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  Speaker 1: that major technology firms acquired thousands of temporary H1B skilled
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  Speaker 1: worker visas and permanent residency approvals while laying off domestic personnel.
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  Speaker 1: While the administrative pause does not immediately invalidate active temporary visas,
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  Speaker 1: It effectively closes a primary institutional pathway through which foreign
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  Speaker 1: tech personnel transition from temporary, non-immigrant status to lawful permanent residency. Concurrently,
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  Speaker 1: the Federal Anti-Fraud Task Force launched targeted compliance probes into
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  Speaker 1: higher education institutions regarding international student placements and exchange visitor programs.
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  Speaker 1: Federal investigators are auditing university usage of J-1 exchange visas
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  Speaker 1: and postgraduate employment extensions, scrutinizing whether academic practical training initiatives
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  Speaker 1: align with federal labor market guidelines. The simultaneous enforcement actions
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  Speaker 1: across private enterprise and higher education underscore a deliberate shift
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  Speaker 1: toward heightened executive oversight of skilled worker immigration frameworks. signaling
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  Speaker 1: aggressive administrative intervention to prioritize domestic hiring metrics across technical
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  Speaker 1: and research sectors.