美国副总统万斯周四表示，在微软将美国工人放在首位之前，华盛顿将继续拒绝微软为其员工申请永久居留权的资格。
US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that Washington will continue to deny Microsoft the ability to apply for permanent residence for workers until the company puts American workers first.
万斯在宣布暂停针对微软的该项目时表示：“由于一项正在进行的调查，我们决定暂停微软的PERM项目，这意味着他们将不再能够利用这些H-1B签证在美国境内申请永久居民身份。”
"Thanks to an ongoing investigation, we have decided to suspend the PERM program for Microsoft, which means they will no longer be able to take those H-1Bs and apply for permanent resident status within the United States of America," said Vance in announcing the suspension of the program for Microsoft.
PERM项目是美国劳工部的认证程序，是雇主为外籍员工赞助永久居留权所需的必经第一步。
The PERM program is the Labor Department's certification process, a required first step for employers seeking to sponsor foreign workers for permanent residency.
他补充道：“因此，我们给微软的信息是，你们是一家伟大的美国公司，但你们必须雇用伟大的美国工人。你们不能解雇美国工人，然后用外国契约劳工取而代之。”
"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," he added.
在新闻发布会上被问及为什么尽管万斯对该公司言辞严厉，总统唐纳德·特朗普仍向微软首席执行官颁发国家顶级科技勋章时，他回答说：“微软是一家伟大的美国公司，我们与他们保持着良好的关系。”他说道：“他们还解雇了6000名美国工人，同时用6300名H-1B签证持有者取而代之。我们给微软的信息并不是想要伤害你们的公司；而是希望你们的公司繁荣发展，但我们希望它是通过雇用和赋能你们的同胞美国人来实现繁荣。”
Asked at a news conference why President Donald Trump was awarding the nation's top tech medal to Microsoft's CEO despite Vance's harsh words for the company, he said, "Microsoft is a great American company, and we have a great relationship with them." "They also laid off 6,000 American workers while replacing them with 6,300 H-1Bs, and our message to Microsoft is not that we want to harm your company; it's that we want your company to thrive, but we want it to thrive by employing and empowering your fellow Americans," he said.
他补充说：“因此，我们将继续支持微软并与微软保持良好的关系，但我们也将在他们表现出切实重视美国工人之前，拒绝他们申请这些永久居留权的资格。”
"So, we're going to continue to support Microsoft and have a great relationship with Microsoft, but we're also going to deny them the ability to apply for these permanent residencies until they show that they are going to get serious about putting American workers first," he added.