WashingtonMicrosoft’s shares fell 7.5% after the suspension.
Vice President JD Vance says it laid off 6,000 Americans while obtaining 6,300 H-1B visas.
The suspension blocks permanent labour certification, where employers show the US Labor Department no American can fill a job.
The administration also suspends Adobe, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, Cognizant, Capgemini and HCL until they prioritise American workers.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide
- Yahoo! Finance
- Vance accuses Microsoft of fraud, replacing 6,000 US workers with 6,300 H-1B visas, terms labor 'foreign indentured servants'
- MoneyControl
- extends suspension scope to Indian IT giants (Tata, Infosys, Wipro, HCL) and nine universities (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT) under investigation
- Al Jazeera Online
- contextualizes with 131,000+ tech layoffs in 2026; explains H-1B subordination (lose job → leave country); reports companies' non-response
- Dawn
- explains PERM certification requirement (employers must prove no qualified US workers available) before employment-based green cards
- TRT World
- leads with university investigation angle (nine institutions for allegedly using international students to undercut US wages)
Sources: Yahoo! Finance, MoneyControl, Al Jazeera Online, Dawn, TRT World