By Bloomberg
Publication Date: 2026-10-09 05:48:00
The Trump administration has accused Microsoft, Adobe and a half-dozen other companies of abusing a US worker visa programme.
The companies have been suspended indefinitely from the longstanding immigration initiative that’s served as a crucial talent pipeline for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
The suspensions, announced on Thursday by US Vice President JD Vance and Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling, included information technology services giants Cognizant Technology Solutions, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Capgemini.
Those companies, either based in India or with large operations there, are often called outsourcers for their role offering contract IT work to other businesses.
At a briefing in Washington, Mr Sonderling said there were multiple federal investigations under way into the use of a system that allows US employers to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency.
“We are cutting off the head of the snake — the companies that enabled this abuse for…
