By FP Explainers
Publication Date: 2026-10-09 03:43:00
In yet another crackdown on immigration, the Trump administration has barred major IT firms such as Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant and Indian companies TCS and Wipro, among others from the PERM programme, alleging abuse of H-1B visas and hiring of foreign workers. The suspension from the Green Card programme could affect the lives of thousands of Indian professionals. Here’s how
Life in America is getting harder under the Trump administration. On Thursday (October 8), the United States suspended eight major IT firms from participating in a programme that lets foreign workers in America on an H-1B visa apply for a green card.
The eight IT firms include some of the largest IT outsourcing companies in the world: Microsoft, Cognizant, Infosys, Adobe, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini.
US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling and US Vice President JD Vance, who is also the head of the US Anti-Fraud Task Force, made the announcement, accusing these firms of misusing employment-visa programmes and…
