WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday barred Microsoft from filing new or pending applications to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency, and Vice President JD Vance said the company had abused the program more than any other in the country.

The suspension covers the Labor Department's PERM process, the step that lets an employer seek a green card for a worker already in the United States, often on an H-1B visa. Adobe and major information-technology outsourcers, including Infosys, were suspended as well. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the department "will not accept any new or process any pending permanent labor certification applications involving these companies." Microsoft did not immediately comment.

Vance, who chairs an anti-fraud task force, said the probe found........

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