US freezes green-card filings for Microsoft, Adobe and Infosys
Why it matters: The move widens a skilled-worker visa crackdown and could block a key path to permanent residency for foreign tech staff.
The Trump administration froze some green-card applications tied to Microsoft, Adobe and Infosys on Oct. 8, broadening its immigration crackdown on major tech employers. The action, reported by The Straits Times, also came with probes into nine top universities, extending pressure beyond companies to research campuses. Vice President J.D. Vance accused Microsoft of abusing the system, citing 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards alongside 6,000 layoffs of American workers in 2025. The measures mark the administration’s widest hit yet on skilled-worker immigration programs that many foreign tech employees use to seek permanent residency.