JD Vance slams Microsoft, says it swapped 6,000 laid-off Americans for ‘foreign indentured servants.’ Microsoft responds

The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft and a handful of other firms from using the Permanent Labor Certification Program, or PERM, which allows companies to sponsor foreign workers for green cards.

In an October 8 White House press conference, Vice President JD Vance singled out Microsoft, saying that the company is a major abuser of the program and can no longer submit green card applications for international employees. Pending applications will also be rejected, government officials said.

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Microsoft and others are accused of misusing programs like PERM and H-1B visas to replace U.S. workers with lower-paid foreign employees. Vance said Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers last year but still applied for 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.

“Microsoft, you’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” Vance said. “You cannot lay off American workers and then…