US Suspends Tech Firms’ Green Card Labor Certification, Vance Says

The suspension targets the employer-sponsored green card pipeline itself, not just visa issuance, which matters because PERM is the standard route by which US tech firms convert foreign talent into permanent residents. Tying the freeze to fraud allegations against major universities signals the administration is treating the academic and corporate immigration channels as one enforcement story. The open questions are how long the suspension holds, whether it widens beyond the named companies, and how firms and universities respond to investigations that, for now, remain allegations.