Vance says Microsoft swapped 2025 layoffs for H-1B hires as U.S. suspends eight firms from green-card PERM
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On Thursday the Trump administration suspended eight companies from Labor Department PERM green-card sponsorship. Vice President JD Vance said Microsoft replaced 6,000 workers laid off in 2025 with H-1B holders; PERM does not cover H-1Bs. USCIS fiscal 2025 data lists Amazon first with 19,178 H-1B approvals and Meta second with 6,294; Microsoft was third with 6,258. Amazon and Meta were not suspended. All eight barred firms rank among the top 50 H-1B sponsors, mostly IT services firms. At the same briefing, Labor Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito announced a J-1 visa fraud investigation involving nine major U.S. universities.
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