US suspends workers' residency path

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, David Darmofal

Scholar power: 12.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 40%, Political science 30%, Economics 20%, Business 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Scott L. Greer	12%	42	7.8%
🎓 David Darmofal	15%	11	5.0%
Total			12.8%

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83.0%

5.8 h

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12.8%

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0.611

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Catherine Rampell

@crampell.bsky.social

Trump admin is suspending a bunch of tech companies (Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini) from participation in the H-1B PERM program, alleging fraud.
Some other tech firms (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) notably absent from the list.

The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud

The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas, accusing the company of fraud.

apnews.com

October 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM

by Daniel P. Aldrich

18%

Scholar power: 18.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 40%, Political science 30%, Economics 20%, Business 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel P. Aldrich	10%	39	18.7%

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69.0%

1.8 h

0

18.7%

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0.584

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Daniel Aldrich

@danielaldrich.bsky.social

Microsoft and several other technology firms have been barred by the White House from hiring skilled international workers on a permanent basis through a widely used visa program.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program

An international visa program has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.

www.bbc.com

October 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal, Kathleen Kennedy

8%

Scholar power: 8.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 40%, Political science 30%, Economics 20%, Business 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Darmofal	15%	11	5.0%
🎓 Kathleen Kennedy	8%	17	3.3%
Total			8.3%

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72.0%

5.8 h

165

8.3%

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0.213

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Catherine Rampell

@crampell.bsky.social

Additionally, JD Vance announced that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, Pitt, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT are also under investigation for their use of J-1 visas

October 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM

Reposted by Greg Linden

3%

Scholar power: 3.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 40%, Political science 30%, Economics 20%, Business 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Greg Linden	8%	23	3.8%

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63.0%

5.1 h

379

3.8%

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0.082

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Don Moynihan

@donmoyn.bsky.social

In a political system where companies can be gouged for unlimited cash, inconsistent application of the law is a powerful financial opportunity.
At some point some of these companies might realize they are better off under a predictable and impartial legal system rather than a personalist one.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

Trump admin is suspending a bunch of tech companies (Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini) from participation in the H-1B PERM program, alleging fraud.
Some other tech firms (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) notably absent from the list.

The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud

The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas, accusing the company of fraud.

apnews.com

October 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM

Reposted by Naomi Wolf

2%

Scholar power: 2.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 40%, Political science 30%, Economics 20%, Business 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Naomi Wolf	7%	11	2.3%

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51.0%

7.3 h

1209

2.3%

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0.044

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Reposted by Thomas Masterson

2%

Scholar power: 2.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 40%, Political science 30%, Economics 20%, Business 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Thomas Masterson	8%	11	2.7%

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52.0%

5.6 h

3

2.7%

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0.008

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Trending Stocks

@trending-stocks.bsky.social

Fraud benches tech; megacaps skate. #econsky

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

Trump admin is suspending a bunch of tech companies (Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini) from participation in the H-1B PERM program, alleging fraud.
Some other tech firms (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) notably absent from the list.

The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud

The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas, accusing the company of fraud.

apnews.com

October 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM