Vance says Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Building 92 at Microsoft Corporation headquarters in Redmond. (Photo by Coolcaesar)

The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa. Vice President JD Vance accuses the company of fraud.

Vance said Thursday, “If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants.” Vance spoke in a White House news conference announcing the decision.

The H-1B program has long been a target of President Trump’s supporters who say the program undercuts American workers and is rife with abuse.

The Associated Press is reaching out to Microsoft for comment.