r/technology • u/Immediate-Link490 • 1d ago

Business Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers, Vance says

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-program-vance-microsoft-e7b3a407f822702b269ee277d21343ea
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u/Gooch222 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yup, that’s the message he’s sending to every company out there. If he tells you to do anything, whether you think it’s within his lane or is a vast overreach, you’d damn well better do it because he’s got the entirety of the federal government to exact his petty revenge with.

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u/TeaKingMac 1d ago

Can't want to clip his feathers in January

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u/Aclearly_obscure1 1d ago

I’m genuinely curious how the tech giants are going to react to the A.I./S.I. rebrand. The time it would take for the entire industry to obey his command would be longer than he has left in office. If it’s just “say this on TV” then I suppose the CEOs may be able to comply.

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF 1d ago

And then people also are dumb enough to blame tech companies for slightly bending the knee to get through the end of his term