Microsoft says ‘vast majority’ of US employees are Americans, defends H-1B hiring amid green card freeze

Microsoft on Thursday defended its hiring practices after the US government suspended the company from its employment-based green card programme, saying most of its American workforce is US citizens and that the majority of its recent H-1B visa applications were for existing employees.“The vast majority of Microsoft employees in the United States are Americans,” the company said in a statement on Thursday, responding to Vice President JD Vance’s allegations that it had replaced American workers with foreign employees.“Of the approximately…