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US Suspends Major IT Firms Including Cognizant, Infosys and Tata From Green Card Program
The Hindu2h
THE BRIEF
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The US Department of Labour suspended Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft, and Adobe from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme on Thursday.
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Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the suspension alongside Vice-President J.D. Vance, halting new and pending permanent labour certification applications involving these companies.
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Sonderling stated that the affected firms had requested nearly three million foreign workers, received over 230,000 H-1B approvals, and secured more than 100,000 permanent labour certifications since 2009.