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By Dan Gooding
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The tech giant IBM announced Tuesday it was ending certain green card sponsorships for immigrant workers in part of its business, telling Newsweek interest had been declining.
The company's decision to halt H-1B and so-called PERM process applications for high-skilled workers within its consulting business comes amid the Trump administration's crackdown on legal immigration which has seen other major tech companies, including Microsoft and Adobe, suspended from the green card program over fraud concerns.
"IBM Consulting participates in U.S. high-skilled visa programs to address skill shortages," an IBM spokesperson told Newsweek Tuesday. "That participation has been declining for a number of years and as skill availability and client need have evolved, we have opted to discontinue visa and green card sponsorship for the majority of such roles in IBM Consulting."
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Affected workers were told they could continue working for IBM outside the U.S. or leave the company at the end of the year, according to Bloomberg.
Newsweek has asked IBM for clarification on what would happen to workers on existing H-1Bs who would not be able to apply for a green card now.
U.S. Department of Labor data showed IBM applied for over 1,100 H-1B visas in Fiscal Year 2026, but it was not immediately clear how many visa holders then moved to become permanent residents.
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security for comment Tuesday morning.
This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
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