US Secretary of Labor Keith E. Sonderling speaks, flanked by Attorney General Todd Blanche and US Vice President JD Vance, as they make an H-1B fraud announcement during a press conference on anti-fraud initiatives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC, US, October 8, 2026.Nathan Howard | ReutersThe US Department of Labor announced it would suspend Microsoft and Adobe from its Permanent Labor Certification program on Thursday, Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said, as the Trump administration continues to target immigration and foreign hiring programs ahead of the November midterm elections. Sonderling said the Labor Department will not accept or process any new applications under the program for a number of companies, including Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro and HCL. The secretary said Adobe and Microsoft were also suspended “due to multiple “Since 2009, these companies alone have requested nearly 3 million foreign workers. They have received more than 230,000 H-1B visa approvals and more than 100,000 permanent labor certifications. That’s hundreds of thousands of jobs taken away from American workers,” Sonderling said. CNBC has reached out to Microsoft and Adobe for comment. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
