Microsoft president Brad Smith breaks silence on the US government suspending Microsoft from Green Card sponsorship programme; says: We should all be worried about …

Microsoft president Brad Smith has warned that the US government’s move suspending Microsoft and other tech giants from the Green Card sponsorship programme could hurt the country’s ‌technological competitiveness and drive talent overseas. In an exclusive interview with Decoded by Politico, Brad Smith pushed back ​against Vice President JD Vance’s accusations ​that Microsoft had abused the H-1B visa ⁠program, calling them “completely off base”. He also pointed at the irony that the White House put restrictions on Microsoft on the same day it gave a medal to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, a former H-1B skilled visa holder from India.

Expressing concerns about the impact the crackdown on the ability of the U.S.