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US restricts Microsoft access to foreign-worker immigration programme
BBC and DW report restrictions, though their summaries describe the programme differently.
The White House has blocked Microsoft from a foreign-worker hiring programme, the BBC reports. DW describes the action as a suspension of green-card filings by technology firms including Microsoft and Adobe. Neither extract provides the legal basis or expected duration.
What holds up
- ✓BBC and DW agree that Microsoft faces a US administration restriction affecting foreign workers.
- ✓DW specifically identifies Adobe as another affected company and describes the restriction as covering green-card filings.
What doesn't yet
- ?The BBC uses broader hiring and visa-programme language, while DW specifies green-card filings; the precise scope is not established by the extracts.
- ?No government order, company response or estimate of affected workers is supplied.
Ask before you share
- →Which immigration process and categories of worker are actually covered?
- →What grounds, duration and appeal arrangements does the government specify?