India, Nov. 11 -- International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced that it is ending immigration sponsorship for some of the roles in its largest division. This comes after the crackdown by the Donald Trump government on the visa program that's served as a talent pipeline for the tech industry thus far.

"We have opted to discontinue visa and green card sponsorship for the majority of such roles in IBM Consulting," a company spokesperson said.

The IBM division impacted by this decision participated in "US high-skilled visa programs" to address skill shortages, the spokesperson also said. However, participation reportedly has been declining for many years while the skill availability and client need have evolved, the spokesperson add...