Vice President JD Vance Announces Suspension of Microsoft Green Card Sponsorship for H-1B Visa Workers

Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft ($MSFT) has been suspended from sponsoring permanent residency (green cards) for employees holding H-1B specialty occupation visas.
The administrative action signals heightened executive scrutiny over corporate reliance on foreign guest-worker pipelines, specifically targeting major enterprise technology firms utilizing permanent labor certification programs.
The restriction poses immediate talent-retention and recruitment challenges for Microsoft's engineering workforce, while marking an aggressive enforcement pivot in federal employment-based immigration policy.