President Trump Honors Microsoft’s Satya Nadella

President Trump awarded Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella the National Medal of Technology and Innovation hours after his Labor Department suspended Microsoft from PERM processing. The suspension also covered Adobe and six IT services companies, while the administration opened J-1 exchange visa investigations at universities including Stanford, Harvard and MIT. PERM is generally the labor certification employers need before sponsoring a worker for an employment-based green card; it is not a visa. The administration said companies used foreign workers to replace or undercut Americans. Microsoft said most filings were for existing employees and comparable H-1B workers receive the same pay. The measures do not change existing visa holders’ status.