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Trump Honors Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Just After Vice President Vance Suspends Visa Program
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News18•09-10-2026, 00:45
Trump Honors Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Just After Vice President Vance Suspends Visa Program
- •President Donald Trump honored Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation during a White House science summit.
- •Hours before the ceremony, Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft was suspended from applying for green cards for H-1B visa holders, accusing the company of laying off American workers and replacing them with foreign workers.
- •Vance stated that Microsoft laid off 6,000 US workers last year while obtaining 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.
- •Trump praised Nadella and other prominent tech leaders including Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su as national treasures driving innovation and artificial intelligence development.
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Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft was suspended from the PERM program due to an ongoing fraud investigation, with the administration accusing the company of abusing the visa system and replacing American workers with foreign labor.
President Trump honored Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He also presented the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su.
Vance stated that Microsoft laid off 6,000 US workers last year while simultaneously obtaining 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards, leading the administration to claim the tech giant abused the system at the expense of American employees.
