By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-10-16 04:38:00
Microsoft president Brad Smith has warned that the US government’s move suspending Microsoft and other tech giants from the Green Card sponsorship programme could hurt the country’s technological competitiveness and drive talent overseas. In an exclusive interview with Decoded by Politico, Brad Smith pushed back against Vice President JD Vance’s accusations that Microsoft had abused the H-1B visa program, calling them “completely off base”. He also pointed at the irony that the White House put restrictions on Microsoft on the same day it gave a medal to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, a former H-1B skilled visa holder from India.Expressing concerns about the impact the crackdown on the ability of the U.S. to attract top tech talent, Smith said: “I think we should all be worried about sending — intentionally or inadvertently or otherwise — signals that send the most talented next wave of AI [or] SI software engineers to other…
