Preston Gralla is a technology journalist, a contributing editor at Computerworld and the author of books about computing and the internet. He has held editorial roles at PC Week, PC/Computing, CNET and ZDNet.
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Role at the time: Preston Gralla, Computerworld contributing editor, in an October 28 opinion column
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Statement summary
Gralla argues that Microsoft's existing-employee figures undermine the replacement allegation. He concludes that the company did not abuse the programs, a judgment the column does not establish through an independent investigation.
“Nothing could be clearer: Trump’s and Vance’s charges against Microsoft are lies.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Trump says Microsoft abuses visa laws. Microsoft disagrees. Who's telling the truth?Concluding section and Microsoft fights back with facts
Why we used this label
The reference point is Microsoft's alleged replacement of American workers through visa programs. Gralla expressly says the accusations against Microsoft are false.
JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing laid-off Americans with foreign workers and announced a suspension of its PERM filings. Microsoft says most of its H-1B applications concerned employees it already employed.