Vance suspends Microsoft from green card program and opens J-1 visa probe of nine universities

President Donald Trump's administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms from a program allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards as it also lashed out at universities that bring international students to the U.S. WASHINGTON – Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft and several other companies from the federal program foreign workers use to convert H-1B visas into green cards.