WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The Trump administration on Thursday suspended eight technology companies from the Labor Department's PERM program, the first step toward an employer-sponsored green card, CNBC reports. The eight are TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe. No end date has been announced, and the department will not process pending applications, according to NDTV. Our earlier report has the details of the announcement.

Vice President JD Vance singled out Microsoft, claiming it replaced the 6,000 workers it laid off in 2025 with people on H-1B work visas, CNBC reports. The Washington Post reports that the administration says Microsoft is under investigation for its hiring practices. Microsoft says about 8...