{"id":336381,"date":"2026-10-11T01:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T01:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/india-calls-jd-vances-comments-about-immigrants-deeply-offensive.html"},"modified":"2026-10-11T01:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T01:45:32","slug":"india-calls-jd-vances-comments-about-immigrants-deeply-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/india-calls-jd-vances-comments-about-immigrants-deeply-offensive.html","title":{"rendered":"India calls JD Vance&#8217;s comments about immigrants &#8216;deeply offensive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"MainContent\">\n<header class=\"ArticleHeader-articleHeader\" id=\"main-article-header\"><span>WATCH LIVE<\/span><\/header>\n<p><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"RelatedQuotes-text\">In this article<\/p>\n<ul class=\"RelatedQuotes-list\">\n<li class=\"QuoteItem-item\" aria-label=\"Quote for null\"><span class=\"QuoteItem-symbol\">MSFT<\/span><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>India called comments by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance about immigrants from the country &#8220;deeply offensive&#8221; in an official government statement published on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Vance said on Thursday that the Trump administration wants <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">foreign and local companies<\/a> to &#8220;employ American workers,&#8221; and that they &#8220;cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking as the U.S. Department of Labor announced it would suspend <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Microsoft<\/a>, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Adobe<\/a> and several major Indian information technology companies from its Permanent Labor Certification program, meaning they cannot apply for permanent residency for their employees on H-1 B visas.<\/p>\n<p>Around 70% of H-1B beneficiaries in 2025 were <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">born in India<\/a>, per official data<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, India&#8217;s Ministry of External Affairs accused Vance of using &#8220;<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">terminology that carries painful historical<\/a> and colonial legacy connotations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such descriptions are unwarranted and ignore the fact that Indian professionals in the United States are highly educated and skilled contributors to its economy and innovation ecosystem,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to a comment request from CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Vance was critical of Microsoft, accusing the company of replacing 6,000 laid-off workers with people on H-1B visas.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian foreign ministry assured its citizens that measures announced by the U.S. will not affect the validity of existing H-1B visas or the status of H-1B visa holders and their dependents. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talent mobility adds value to both economies,&#8221; the statement said, adding that the suspensions &#8220;do not advance the shared ambitions of both countries.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleBody-subtitle\">Cognizant<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-7\">Infosys<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Capgemini, <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-8\">Tata Consultancy Services<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-9\">Wipro<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-10\">HCL<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>NASSCOM, the IT industry body, said in a statement that Indian technology companies have &#8220;significantly reduced their dependence on H-1B visas&#8221; over the last few years, and are expanding domestic hiring to their U.S. workforces. <\/p>\n<p>The largest Indian IT company, Tata Consultancy Services, said its H-1B applications were in &#8220;single digits&#8221; in the last two years, and it intends to hire another 15,000 people in the U.S. over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>In June, a federal judge <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">blocked<\/a> the <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">$100,000 H-1B visa fee<\/a> U.S. President Donald Trump imposed last year.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Article source: https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/09\/india-us-immigration-h1b-visa.html<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH LIVE In this article MSFT India called comments by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance about immigrants from the country &#8220;deeply offensive&#8221; in an official government statement published on Friday. Vance said on Thursday that the Trump administration wants foreign and local companies to &#8220;employ American workers,&#8221; and that they &#8220;cannot lay off American workers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-336381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}