# What the green card freeze means for Microsoft

https://mins.news/en/video/92848

- Reuters, 2026-10-09 09:06 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z74l-lHLq7k

> The United States has suspended Microsoft, major IT outsourcers and software maker Adobe from a key green-card program, expanding a crackdown it says is aimed at fraud and protecting American jobs. The report examines what the decision could mean for Big Tech next.

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