Microsoft's Brad Smith says green card curbs could cripple US tech

Microsoft president Brad Smith told Politico that the White House suspension of the PERM green card programme for Microsoft and seven other firms could cripple US tech for more than a generation. The US paused PERM on 8 October over fraud allegations; Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing 6,000 American workers with foreign staff.

• US suspended PERM for Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini
• Vance: Microsoft cut 6,000 US jobs while getting 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards
• Smith: Microsoft hired 9,200 Americans last fiscal year and pays visa holders the same
• Smith warned the crackdown could push top engineers to build careers abroad