America has enjoyed the greatest free lunch in history: Vivek Wadhwa reacts to Green Card crackdown on 8 IT companies, says they aren't the visa abusers

Green Card crackdown on major IT giants including Microsoft shakes Silicon Valley. Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa strongly reacted to the Donald Trump administration's suspension PERM program for eight IT giants, including Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capegemini and said that these companies are not the visa abusers. The visa abusers are those who recruit for these companies or the IT bodyshops and they need to be shut down, Wadhwa said."America has enjoyed the greatest free lunch in history: highly educated, highly skilled immigrants bringing their talent to its shores. Now it’s snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by turning away the truly best and brightest. These companies aren’t the visa abusers. The body shops exploiting the system are the ones that need to be shut down," Wadhwa said, defending Silicon Valley.Suspending PERM process means the H-1B visa holders working in these companies can't take the Green Card route. However, it is not known whether the suspension will eventually be lifted.Nasscom, the apex body of Indian IT companies, called it a temporary suspension and said that it believes that immigration and s...