Mario Nawfal(@MarioNawfal):🇺🇸US freezes green cards for 8 companies caught paying H1B workers up to 35% less Labor Sec. Keith Sonderling confirmed probes into tech giants like Microsoft and Adobe for systematically replacing local workers with cheap overseas talent. New applications are blocked, and pending cases are on hold. Vance highlighted Microsoft’s 6,000 U.S. layoffs last year alongside 6,300 H-1B visas and about 3,000 green cards. Since 2009, the 8 firms received over 230,000 H-1B approvals. The visa was meant to fill jobs Americans couldn’t do. The layoffs raise the question: who were those jobs really for? Writer: Lucas

2026.10.09 03:00

🇺🇸US freezes green cards for 8 companies caught paying H1B workers up to 35% less Labor Sec. Keith Sonderling confirmed probes into tech giants like Microsoft and Adobe for systematically replacing local workers with cheap overseas talent. New applications are blocked, and pending cases are on hold. Vance highlighted Microsoft’s 6,000 U.S. layoffs last year alongside 6,300 H-1B visas and about 3,000 green cards. Since 2009, the 8 firms received over 230,000 H-1B approvals. The visa was meant to fill jobs Americans couldn’t do. The layoffs raise the question: who were those jobs really for? Writer: Lucas