副总统万斯于周四宣布对多所高校展开调查，涉及这些学校对J-1签证项目的使用情况，该项目允许外国学生和研究人员来美学习或工作。
Vice President Vance on Thursday announced a probe into multiple colleges over their use of the J-1 visa program that allows foreign students and researchers to come study or work in the U.S.
万斯在关于工作签证项目欺诈和滥用行为的新闻发布会上表示：“精英大学引进外国人是为了压低美国居民的工资。我们认为特别有九所大学值得进行调查。”副总统点名批评了哈佛大学、耶鲁大学、斯坦福大学、布朗大学、匹兹堡大学、加州大学戴维斯分校、亚利桑那州立大学、麻省理工学院和加州理工学院。
“Elite universities bring in foreigners to undercut the wages of American residents,” Vance said in a press conference regarding fraud and abuse in work visa programs. “There are nine universities in particular we believe merit an investigation.”The vice president specifically called out Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, Brown University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of California-Davis, Arizona State University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology.
万斯说：“我们发现，当雇用美国工人担任研究生或研究人员时，他们的收入比通过J-1签证引进的人员高出约2万美元，更重要的是，这些大学在联邦资助的拨款项目中使用J-1签证的比例高达61%。”
“What we see is when you employ an American worker as a graduate student as a researcher, they are making about $20,000 more than someone brought in under a J-1 visa and, importantly, these universities are employing J-1 visas for federally funded grants at a rate of 61 percent,” Vance said.
他补充道：“全国平均水平是38%，所以这些大学一定有什么不对劲的地方。他们过度使用了这些签证。他们用这些签证来压低美国研究生和美国研究人员的工资，这种做法必须停止。”《国会山报》已联系白宫以获取更多详情。
“The national average is 38 percent, so something weird is going on at these universities. They are using these visas way too much. They are using them to undercut the wages of American grad students and American researchers, and it simply has to stop,” he added. The Hill has reached out to the White House for further details.
劳工部总检察长安东尼·德斯波西托在同一场新闻发布会上表示，“传票已经送达”，“调查正在进行中”。《国会山报》已联系这九所学校寻求置评。
Inspector General at the Labor Department Anthony D’Esposito said at the same press conference that “subpoenas have been served” and “investigations are underway.”The Hill has reached out to the nine schools for comment.
德斯波西托在谈到对中国对美国大学影响的担忧时表示：“如果一所美国大学为了省下一美元而违法，同时将美国的研究暴露给外国对手，这绝不是学术卓越，而是体制的背叛。”
“If an American university is breaking the law to save a dollar while exposing American research to a foreign adversary that is not academic excellence it is institutional betrayal,” D’Esposito said, referring to concerns of China’s influence in American universities.
这项调查是特朗普政府针对美国高校特别是其外国学生的众多举措中的最新一项。
The investigation is the latest in a long list of Trump administration moves against U.S. colleges and particularly their foreign students.