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Following the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Labor has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and several major IT consulting firms from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program, panic has rippled through the foreign tech workforce. However, the immediate answer to whether affected employees will be automatically deported is no.
The suspension explicitly targets the PERM program—the employer-sponsored pathway to permanent residency (a green card)—rather than existing non-immigrant work visas like the H-1B.
Here is exactly what the government’s decision means for foreign tech workers at the targeted companies, which include Microsoft and Adobe (suspended due to active federal investigations), as well as IT outsourcing firms Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini.
The Department of Labor’s mandate is an administrative halt on future green card processing, not a deportation order. The suspension does not cancel or invalidate current H-1B visas.
If an employee currently works for one of the suspended companies on an active H-1B, their legal right to live and work in the United States remains unchanged. The amount of time a worker has left in the U.S. depends entirely on their individual visa timeline and immigration status.
While there is no immediate deportation countdown, the PERM freeze creates significant long-term hurdles for specific groups of workers.
Ultimately, the suspension freezes the future path to permanent residency for these specific employers. Affected individuals maintain the legal right to seek new employment at non-suspended companies willing to transfer their H-1B visa and restart the green card sponsorship process.
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