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US suspends Infosys, HCL, Tata from green card programme
The US Department of Labor has suspended several major IT and outsourcing companies, including Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe, from the Permanent Labour Certification Program (PERM), a key step toward employment-based green cards. US officials accused the companies of misusing the visa programme, reports Aaj Tak.
US Vice President JD Vance alleged that Microsoft laid off about 6,000 American employees in 2025 while certifying it could not find qualified US workers, yet received over 6,000 H-1B visas and filed 3,682 green card applications, including roughly 1,000 for positions from which Americans were fired. Prabhat Khabar adds that Vance told companies they must hire American workers.
The Labor Department has also launched investigations into nine universities, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford, for allegedly using international students to lower American salaries. Subpoenas have been issued. Existing green cards will not be revoked, but new or pending applications through the affected companies face delays and uncertainty.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both outlets provide near-identical wire-style coverage of the US suspension of PERM for multiple IT firms, with no discernible slant. Aaj Tak leads with the list of Indian companies and the process, while Prabhat Khabar foregrounds Vice President Vance’s statement that companies must hire American workers. Neither outlet editorialises or omits the key allegation that Microsoft laid off US workers while applying for green cards for the same roles. The coverage is uniform straight reporting. The concrete next step is the ongoing investigation and subpoenas already issued to universities.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): aajtak.in (neutral report), prabhatkhabar.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
