Vance says administration will suspend Microsoft from green-card program

Vice President J.D. Vance announced that the Trump administration will suspend Microsoft from the program that permits employers to apply for green cards on behalf of workers who entered the United States on H-1B visas.

Vance made the announcement in remarks reported by Fox56, saying the action is part of a wider administration effort to crack down on companies the White House contends abuse the H-1B system. According to Fox56's account, Vance said Microsoft laid off 6,000 American workers last year and simultaneously obtained 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.

He described what he characterized as a common hiring practice in which companies post minimal advertisements, claim no U.S. applicants applied, and then hire foreign workers using H-1B visas. Fox56 quoted Vance saying companies use that approach to replace U.S. workers with foreign hires.

The Fox56 article places the suspension within an administration policy posture described on its face as an "immigration crackdown" targeting perceived abuses of the H-1B program.

The report also notes President Trump raised the H-1B application fee to $100,000 and that the fee increase is tied up in federal court, linking the Microsoft action to other administration measures on high-skilled visas.

Other outlets' headlines corroborate that Vance took steps against Microsoft: The Daily Wire ran a headline on Vance's actions, The Sun Malaysia headlined that the U.S. is suspending Microsoft from the visa program, Yahoo summarized that Vance suspended Microsoft from a green-card program to crack down on alleged fraud, and The Hill headlined that foreign workers at Microsoft will no longer be able to apply for permanent status.

Those headlines indicate wider coverage but do not add details beyond the Fox56 text. Fox56's account presents Vance's figures and description of hiring practices as the basis for the suspension; the article attributes the numbers and characterizations to Vance.

The report does not include on-the-record comment from Microsoft in its text, nor does it provide independent verification of the layoff and visa numbers Vance cited. The article ties the move to the administration's broader policy on H-1B visas through the raised application fee and the stated objective of reducing abuse of the system.

Readers should note the central facts reported here—Vance's announcement of a suspension, the layoff and visa numbers he cited, and the framing of the action as part of an immigration crackdown—come from the Fox56 account and from the other outlets' headlines that restate the announcement.