U.S. suspends Microsoft, Adobe from green-card labor program in foreign worker crackdown

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• Reported by CNBC World and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:26:09 UTC.

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1. 13:45 UTC · France 24

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2. 15:47 UTC · The Hindu

   Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro and HCL among IT firms suspended from U.S. green card programme

3. 16:26 UTC · CNBC World

   U.S. suspends Microsoft, Adobe from green-card labor program in foreign worker crackdown

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