Washington: America has suspended IT companies – Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe from the ‘Permanent Labor Certification Program’. Through this program, companies can apply for green cards for H-1B visa employees. This announcement was made by US Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling. During this, the head of the American Anti-Fraud Task Force and Vice President JD Vance was also present with him.
Will not accept application for new Permanent Labor Certification
“I am suspending some of the world’s largest IT outsourcing companies – Wipro, HCL, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata and Capgemini – from the Permanent Labor Certification Program,” Keith Sonderling said. He further said that the Labor Department is also removing Microsoft and Adobe from this program. We will not accept any new Permanent Labor Certification applications related to these companies. Apart from this, neither will any action be taken on the pending applications.
Accused of snatching jobs from American workers
Sonderling said that since 2009, these companies alone have sought about 3 million foreign workers. They have received more than 2 lakh 30 thousand H-1B visa approvals and more than 1 lakh permanent labor certifications. These were millions of jobs that were taken away from American workers.
JD Vance pointed out the shortcomings of the program
JD Vance said that under the program from which Microsoft is being suspended, companies have to advertise for jobs in America before applying to the Labor Department. They have to show that due to the shortage of American workers, they need to give green cards to any foreign workers.
Vance also accused the university
J.D. Vance also criticized universities that he said were abusing programs that allow foreign students to come to the United States. These temporary visas, called J-1 visas, allow foreigners to come to the United States for short periods of time as part of exchange programs related to work or study. Earlier, in September, the Trump administration had also proposed new rules for H1B visa.