Vice President J.D. Vance announced that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft and Adobe from a federal employment-based immigration program as part of a broader crackdown on alleged visa fraud. Vance accused Microsoft of laying off 6,000 American workers while replacing them with 6,300 H-1B workers, arguing that technology companies should prioritize hiring Americans. Microsoft disputed the allegations, explaining that 80% of its approximately 6,000 H-1B applications were extensions or status changes for existing employees, while the remaining applications involved workers already legally residing in the United States. The administration also announced investigations into nine major universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and MIT, over alleged misuse of exchange visas to employ lower-cost foreign researchers. The actions come ahead of November's midterm elections and reflect the administration's increasingly aggressive approach to employment-based immigration and foreign labor programs. https://www.barrons.com/news/us-suspending-microsoft-from-visa-program-vance-36cf4f35