India Condemns JD Vance's Comments About Immigrants, Calling Them 'Deeply Offensive'
The Indian government has condemned U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance for his remarks about immigrants from India, calling the language used in his comments "deeply offensive" and rooted in a painful historical and colonial legacy. During a press conference on Thursday, Vance criticized companies that replace laid-off American workers with foreign laborers under H-1B visas, referring to them as 'foreign indentured servants.' This statement came amid new U.S. Department of Labor actions suspending Microsoft, Adobe, and several major Indian IT firms from the Permanent Labor Certification program. Around 70% of beneficiaries in the H-1B visa system were born in India in 2025 according to official data. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs emphasized that Indian professionals are highly skilled contributors to the U.S. economy and innovation ecosystem, rejecting Vance's characterization as unwarranted. Indian IT companies like Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini have been affected by these suspensions. However, NASSCOM noted that Indian firms are reducing their reliance on H-1B visas in favor of domestic hiring.
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Topics: H-1B visa controversy labor policy U.S.-India relations