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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rebecca Santana

Vance suspends Microsoft’s green card program as CEO is set to receive prestigious award from Trump

The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program used to apply for green cards for employees residing and working in the U.S. on H-1B visas, alleging the company committed fraud.

"If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants," said Vice President JD Vance at a White House news conference announcing the decision on Thursday.

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