{"id":24904,"date":"2026-09-16T08:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24904"},"modified":"2026-09-16T08:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:15:08","slug":"h-1b-visas-should-not-exist-to-replace-american-workers-with-low-wage-foreigners-jd-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24904","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;H-1B visas should not exist to replace American workers with low-wage foreigners&#8217;: JD Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134280292,imgsize-80719,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/us-vice-president-jd-vance.jpg\" alt=\"'H-1B visas should not exist to replace American workers with low-wage foreigners': JD Vance\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jd-vance\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JD Vance<\/a> has defended the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to reform the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/h-1b-visa\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-1B visa<\/a> programme, saying the system should &#8220;not exist to replace American workers with low-wage foreigners.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Speaking on the business and technology show All-In Podcast, Vance said the administration pursued changes through executive and administrative measures because of the lack of political support in Congress for legislative reform.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>\u201cLook, man, we looked at the fraud in the system and we said, you know, one, Congress is not going to pass a law changing this. There just isn&#8217;t the political will to do it. So what are the things that we can do administratively to ensure that if a tech company is going to try to get an H-1B visa, it&#8217;s an actual genius,\u201d Vance said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>He further said that the programme should focus on workers who can make a substantial contribution to the technology sector and the wider US economy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>\u201cIt&#8217;s a person that is going to significantly enrich the tech ecosystem or the American economy. You know, you&#8217;re not just replacing one accountant who makes $60,000 with a lower-wage foreign accountant who makes $45,000 a year. That is not what the programme exists for,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Vance also highlighted a $100,000 fee introduced by the administration and said officials were examining measures to prevent companies from using H-1B workers while simultaneously laying off American employees.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>\u201cAnd so we came up with this idea to impose this $100,000 fee. We&#8217;re also looking at various ways of preventing companies that use H-1B visas from laying off a bunch of American workers. So you know, one of the things that I find just shocking about this is you&#8217;ll have a company that applies for an H-1B and they&#8217;ll say, oh, we&#8217;re desperate for workers.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>He questioned companies that claim they cannot find workers despite having recently carried out large-scale layoffs. \u201cWe can&#8217;t find the workers. And then you go and look at their history and they&#8217;ve laid off 5,000 people. Well, that&#8217;s ridiculous.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Vance said companies that lay off US workers should not then turn to foreign workers to fill similar positions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>\u201cIf you&#8217;re laying off American workers, you shouldn&#8217;t be going to the market searching for foreign workers to replace them. <!-- -->So we&#8217;re doing a lot within the confines, of course, of what we&#8217;re allowed to do legally. We&#8217;ve gotten sued on some of this stuff, but I think fundamentally we&#8217;re on the right on both the law and the policy,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Reiterating the administration\u2019s stated objective for the H-1B programme, Vance said, \u201cThe H-1B should not exist to replace American workers with low-wage foreigners. It should exist to enrich the American economy. <!-- -->And that&#8217;s exactly what we&#8217;re trying to make sure it does.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>Vance was raised in Middletown, Ohio, and spent summers with extended family in Jackson, Kentucky. His upbringing in Ohio and Appalachia has played a significant role in shaping his political identity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>The UP president is married to Usha Chilukuri Vance, an Indian-origin lawyer and former litigator. The couple met at Yale Law School and married in 2014. 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