American vice president JD Vance reportedly justified the Donald Trump government's green card ban on foreign employees while calling Microsoft a great American company that would have to hire American workers. According to Fox Business, JD Vance said,"Our message to Microsoft is: You're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers. You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants."Donald Trump's administration has recently stopped new and pending green-card applications linked to Microsoft, Adobe, and six IT service companies. On October 8, 2026, JD Vance announced the suspension during a press conference at the White House and accused Microsoft of misusing the visa system as well as giving preference to foreign workers instead of American employees.According to Politico, Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling explained that the halt was applied to permanent labor certification applications connected to all 8 companies. Sonderling said at the press conference that IT companies like Tata, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, Capgemini, and HCL Technologies would be banned from the program.Continue reading more about the story.JD Vance backed the Donald Trump government's green card ban on foreign workers View this post on Instagram Instagram PostDonald Trump's government said that they were stopping Microsoft and several other companies from joining a program that lets foreign workers apply for green cards. Meanwhile, the administration criticized universities that brought international students to the United States through exchange programs.JD Vance said that Microsoft was a respected American company, but that it must also employ skilled American workers. He stated that the government cannot allow the company to dismiss American employees and then replace them with foreign laborers under restrictive contracts.The vice president further explained that after an ongoing investigation, the PERM program for Microsoft has been suspended. This suspension meant that Microsoft would no longer be able to use the program to apply for permanent resident status for employees holding H-1B visas in the United States.Vance also clarified that the government's message to Microsoft and to other corporations, whether foreign or domestic, was straightforward. The government wanted businesses to succeed in America and encouraged investment in the American technology sector.Vance emphasized that the government strongly supported the industry and wanted it to expand and create jobs. However, he stressed that the priority was for these companies to hire American workers.Donald Trump government update: Vance accused Microsoft of laying off 6,000 American workersVice President JD Vance speaks during a Fraud Task Force press conference - Source: GettyAt the White House, JD Vance stated that Microsoft had cut 6,000 jobs in the United States last year, while the company secured 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards. According to AP News, he said,"If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants."Vance argued that H-1B employees function like foreign indentured workers because losing their jobs would force them to leave the United States, and they are paid less than Americans doing the same work.Microsoft explained that of the roughly 6,000 H-1B visa requests it filed in the last fiscal year, about 80% were meant to extend or adjust the status of people already working at the company.Follow Soap Central for more updates on Donald Trump.