Microsoft clarifies H-1B visa hiring as Trump administration suspends US green card processing
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- ✓Microsoft defended its H-1B visa hiring after the Trump administration suspended its US Permanent Labour Certification programme.
- ✓The company said, "We believe in the strength and talent of the American workforce." Microsoft noted that most H-1B applications involved existing staff, while rejecting claims that it underpaid its foreign professional employees.
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Microsoft has defended its use of skilled foreign workers after the Trump administration moved to suspend the technology company from the US Permanent Labour Certification programme, placing its immigration practices under increased scrutiny.
The statement said, "We believe in the strength and talent of the American workforce. That is why the vast majority of Microsoft employees in the United States are Americans."
The company said most of its American workforce comprised US citizens and argued that its H-1B applications largely concerned existing employees rather than new recruits arriving from overseas. It also maintained that foreign professionals received compensation comparable to that of colleagues performing similar work.
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