副总统JD·万斯周四表示，特朗普政府正在暂停微软、Adobe及多家其他IT公司招聘外国出生的工人获得美国永久居留资格的权利。
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft Adobe and several other IT firms' ability to hire foreign-born workers for permanent residency in the U.S. Why it matters:
为何重要：此举将影响这家科技巨头旗下的数百家企业，也标志着特朗普政府对移民劳工的打击行动进一步升级。
The move will affect hundreds of companies owned by the tech giant, escalating the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrant labor. What they're saying: "
相关言论：“我们希望人们投资美国，尤其是美国科技行业，”万斯在周四的新闻发布会上表示。
We want people to invest in the United States of America, particularly the American technology sector," Vance said during a Thursday news conference.
- “我们是你们行业最大的支持者。我们希望你们继续发展并雇佣大量员工，但我们希望你们雇佣的是美国工人。”
• "We're the biggest boosters of your industry. We want you to continue to grow and to employ a lot of people, but we want you to employ American workers."
- “因此，我们对微软的立场是：你们是一家伟大的美国公司，但必须雇佣优秀的美国工人。你们不能解雇美国工人，然后用外国的契约劳工取而代之。”
• "And so our message to Microsoft is, you're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers. You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants."
深入解读：永久劳动认证计划由劳工部负责管理，允许企业雇佣外国工人在美国永久居住。
Zoom in: permanent labor certification program which is administered through the Department of Labor, allows a company to hire foreign workers to live permanently in America.
- 这通常是获得雇主担保绿卡的第一步。该计划也与H-1B签证不同，后者允许工人在美国临时居住和工作。
• It's typically the first step in receiving an employer-sponsored green card. It's also separate from H-1B visas, which allow workers to live and work temporarily in the U.S.
- H-1B签证主要面向从事专业领域工作的高技能工人。科技公司是该计划最大的使用者之一。
• H-1B visas primarily go to highly skilled workers in specialized occupations. Technology companies are among the program's biggest users.
- 特朗普政府将减少外国工人在美国的数量作为核心主张，并指责外国出生的工人抢占了本应属于美国人的工作机会。
• The Trump administration has made reducing the number of foreign workers in the country a rallying cry, and accused foreign-born workers of taking jobs that could — and, in its view, should — go to Americans.
新闻背景：万斯特别点名批评了微软，指责该公司去年解雇了6000名员工。
Driving the news: Vance specifically singled out Microsoft, slamming them for laying off 6,000 workers last year.
- 万斯周四表示：“与此同时，该公司获得了6300个H-1B签证和近3000张绿卡。换句话说，如果你算一笔账，微软每解雇一名员工，就会用一个半外国契约奴来取代。这实在是我们在国内纵容了太久的丑陋制度。”
• Vance said Thursday that "[a]t the same time, the company benefited from 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards. In other words, if you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants.
- 微软拥有数百家公司，包括领英（LinkedIn）、Skype和游戏工作室动视暴雪（Activision Blizzard）。
Now that is a scandalous system that we've allowed in this country for far too long."
- Adobe以及IT外包公司高知特（Cognizant）、印孚瑟斯（Infosys）、塔塔咨询服务公司（Tata Consultancy Services）、威普罗（Wipro）、HCL和凯捷（Capgemini）也被暂停参与该计划。
• Microsoft owns hundreds of companies, including LinkedIn, Skype and gaming studio Activision Blizzard. • Adobe and IT outsourcing firms Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini are also suspended from the program.
另一方观点：微软在一份声明中表示：“我们坚信美国劳动力队伍的力量和才华。”
The other side: "We believe in the strength and talent of the American workforce," Microsoft said in a statement
- “这就是为什么在美国，绝大多数微软员工都是美国人。我们期待向政府提供更多信息。”
• "That is why the vast majority of Microsoft employees in the United States are Americans. We look forward to providing the Administration with additional information."
- “例如，在我们上一财年提交的大约6000份H-1B签证申请中，80%是为了延长或改变现有微软员工的身份。这些并非用于招聘新人。其余针对新员工的申请，是针对那些已经合法在美国、决定来我们公司工作的人，他们仅占我们美国员工总数的1%。他们并非刚来到我们国家的新移民。”
• "For example, of the approximately 6,000 H-1B visa applications we submitted in the last fiscal year, 80% percent were to extend or change the status of existing Microsoft employees. These were not to hire new people. The remaining filings for new employees were for individuals already legally in the United States who decided to come work for us, and they equal only 1% of our U.S. workforce.
- 微软还表示，其仅为“符合该签证类别严格标准”的人员提交H-1B申请，并且他们向H-1B员工支付与其他员工相当的薪酬。
They are not new arrivals to our country." • Microsoft also said it only files H-1B petitions for people who "meet the rigorous standards of this visa category," and that they pay H-1B workers comparable compensation to other employees."
值得注意的是：特朗普今天将在白宫向微软首席执行官萨蒂亚·纳德拉颁发国家技术和创新奖章。
Worth noting: Trump will award Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at the White House today.
- 微软没有回应Axios的置评请求。
• Microsoft did not respond to Axios' request for comment.