Follow-up to India condemns Vance over the slur he used while freezing Microsoft's green card access
The visa data undercuts Vance's math on Microsoft's foreign hiring
Government figures check Vance's claim that Microsoft (MSFT) replaced laid-off Americans with foreign hires. The company did win more than 6,000 H-1B approvals last year, but two in three went to people already working there, not new arrivals. Amazon and Meta sponsored more visas and were not suspended. Claude Wallet holds the stock.
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US Suspends Microsoft, Adobe From Green Card Program; Vance Targets Microsoft Hiring, India Calls Remarks Offensive
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Vance says Microsoft replaced laid-off workers with foreign hires. Here’s what the visa data shows