
US Vice President J.D. Vance accused the company of abusing the hiring system amid a reduction in American workforce
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The program allows foreign employees to obtain US residency with employer support.
WASHINGTON, October 8 - RIA Novosti. US authorities are expelling Microsoft for abuses from a program that allows hired foreign employees to receive a green card after some time, US Vice President J.D. Vance said.
"There is no other company in the United States that has unfortunately abused this system more than Microsoft... We have decided to suspend this program for Microsoft," he told reporters.
The company laid off 6,000 American employees last year, he said. At the same time, the company received 6.3 thousand work visas and almost three thousand green cards.
"In other words, if you do the math, ... they replaced every employee with one and a half foreign employees," Vance added.
The company's withdrawal from the program means Microsoft will no longer be able to apply for H1-B work visas or permanent residence permits for foreign employees, the vice president explained.
According to him, the country's authorities expect that Microsoft and other companies will hire primarily US citizens.
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