Business
US suspends 8 firms from green card labour programme
The Hindu BusinessLine··1d ago
US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling suspended Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme on Thursday, with Vice President JD Vance present. The programme lets employers seek green cards for H-1B workers. Sonderling said the Labour Department will not accept or process new or pending applications involving those companies.
Prism
What It Means For You
- H-1B employees at named Indian IT firms face paused employer-sponsored green card filings.
- American workers' groups cited the move as protecting domestic hiring in tech services.
- Pending permanent labour certification cases at those employers stop processing immediately.
What's Happening
- Sonderling said the listed firms requested almost three million foreign workers since 2009.
- He cited over 230,000 H-1B approvals and over 100,000 permanent labour certifications.
- Vice President JD Vance joined the announcement as head of the US Anti-Fraud Task Force.
PERM Programme
- Permanent labour certification is a step toward employment-based green cards.
- Indian IT services firms are among the largest H-1B sponsors.
- Sonderling spoke at a Thursday press event with Vance present.
all-news
