Trump Administration Targets Microsoft in Immigration Fraud Crackdown

The Trump administration has suspended Microsoft from a significant immigration program that facilitates the transfer of foreign workers from an H1B1 visa to a green card, citing allegations of fraud and abuse. Vice President Vance announced the action on Thursday, stating that the tech company engaged in fraudulent practices.

"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 said at an event for his government fraud task force. The administration's move targets the company's use of the immigration system, suggesting a pattern of replacing laid-off domestic workers with foreign nationals under the visa program.