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US suspends major IT firms including Microsoft and Infosys from green card programme

The United States Department of Labor has suspended several major technology firms, including Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, and HCL, from the PERM green card programme. The initiative permits skilled foreign workers to obtain permanent residency. The precise duration of the suspension and the immediate options for affected workers remain unresolved.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
12 differing positions reported on attribution across 25 publishers; unresolved.
  • thehinduU.S.
  • dawnUS
  • expressUS
  • theguardianJD Vance
  • aljazeeraUS
  • folhaGoverno Trump
  • theinsАдминистрация Трампа
  • n1infoTramp
  • epochtimes美
  • cna-tw美
  • deutscheUS
  • arabnewsThe Trump administration
  • shafaqUS
  • chinanews特朗普政府
  • stheadline美
  • ltn范斯
  • cgtnUS
  • bbcহোয়াইট হাউসের
  • vnexpressMỹ
  • newtalk范斯
  • thenationalnewsUS
  • telegramUS
  • franceUS
  • meduzaСША
  • bastillepost萬斯
2 differing positions reported on location across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • thehinduU.S.
  • n1infoameričke
  • newtalk美國
2 differing positions reported on status across 25 publishers; unresolved.
  • thehindususpended
  • dawnsuspends
  • expresssuspends
  • theguardiansays
  • aljazeerasuspends
  • folharestringe
  • theinsотстранила
  • n1infotvrdi
  • epochtimes暂停
  • cna-tw暫停
  • deutschesuspends
  • arabnewsalleging
  • shafaqsuspends
  • chinanews暂停
  • stheadline暫停
  • bbcநடவடிக்கை
  • ltn被封
  • cgtnfreezes
  • vnexpress'siết'
  • newtalk控
  • thenationalnewsbars
  • telegramsuspends
  • francetargets
  • meduzaостановили
  • bastillepost指控
WhereUnited States
37.601, -92.716 ±400 km
First reported17 days ago
Published2026-10-08 20:28 UTC
Sources27
How this travelled.
Reports29Independent tellings23
23 independently corroborated tellings, 2 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. US suspends major IT firms including Microsoft and Infosys from green card programme. 2026-10-08T20:28:21.616Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5123. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-08/us-suspends-microsoft-adobe-from-filing-for-green-cards-9819fc30

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