US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraud
The Trump administration on Thursday froze some green-card filings by Microsoft, Adobe and major IT outsourcers and opened probes into nine elite universities, widening a visa crackdown it says targets fraud and American job losses. The twin actions mark the broadest strike yet against skilled-worker immigration programmes, potentially blocking a common path to permanent residency for thousands of foreign tech workers while putting some of the country’s most prominent research universities on no
Covered mainly by the Arab-Muslim world sphere (50%); silent in Western, Sino-Russian & BRICS.
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- Confirmed by 4 outlets in 3 countries.
- Ignored by Western, Sino-Russian & BRICS.
- Propagation: first reported by Channel News Asia (Singapore), . 4 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.
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No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudDawn · Pakistan
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudKhaleej Times · United Arab Emirates
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudChannel News Asia · Singapore
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudThe Straits Times · Singapore
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Event sources
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudChannel News AsiaSingapourSingapore → United StatesEnglish
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudDawnPakistanPakistan → United StatesEnglish
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudKhaleej TimesÉmirats arabes unisUnited Arab Emirates → United StatesEnglish
- US freezes Microsoft, Adobe, Infosys green-card applications over alleged fraudThe Straits TimesSingapourSingapore → United StatesEnglish