““The U.S. has blocked H-1B visas and green cards for Indian companies, announced a few days back.””

The transcript records Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling saying he was suspending Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini from the Permanent Labor Certification Program, and that Microsoft and Adobe were also being suspended. It also states DOL would not accept new or process pending permanent labor certification applications involving these companies. This supports a PERM/green-card-route suspension, not a blanket H-1B ban.

AP reported that the Trump administration announced suspension of Microsoft and other firms from a program allowing foreign workers to apply for green cards, and named Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini. AP’s framing distinguishes the action from a general H-1B shutdown, though officials discussed alleged H-1B abuse.

Axios explicitly reported that the action does not suspend the H-1B program, but blocks a path to permanent residency for affected workers through PERM at the named companies.

The Indian Express explains that PERM is a labor-certification step used by employers to sponsor workers for permanent residency and reports the named Indian IT firms affected. It also notes the administration’s allegations remain allegations.

The DOL page describes the H-1B program separately as a nonimmigrant work-visa program for specialty occupations. This helps distinguish H-1B visa status from the PERM labor-certification process for many green-card cases.