乔什·博阿克、阿里·斯文森，华盛顿讯——唐纳德·特朗普总统原计划于周四表彰微软首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉等科技亿万富翁，但就在活动开始前数小时，副总统JD·范斯宣布微软将被暂停参与一项允许企业为持有H-1B签证的外国技术工人申请绿卡的计划，这一消息盖过了原定活动。
JOSH BOAK, ALI SWENSON WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump planned to celebrate tech billionaires such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday, only to get upstaged hours before the event when Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft was being suspended from a program that allows companies to apply for green cards for skilled foreign workers with H-1B visas.
此次对微软的严厉举措由范斯以欺诈问题特别工作组组长的身份主导，但此举也暴露出美国经济增长所依赖的大型企业，与政府试图减少移民（政府称这种减少是以美国工人的利益为代价）之间的紧张关系。
The crackdown on Microsoft came under Vance’s purview as the head of a fraud task force, but the targeting revealed the tension between the companies powering U.S. economic growth and the administration’s efforts to reduce immigration that it says has come at the expense of American workers.
范斯在新闻发布会上表示：“我们对微软的信息是：你们是一家伟大的美国公司，但必须雇佣优秀的美国工人。”他称微软滥用签证制度。“你们不能解雇美国工人，然后用外国契约劳工取而代之。”范斯指出，微软去年解雇了6000名美国员工，但同时获得了6300份H-1B签证和近3000张绿卡。这家总部位于华盛顿州雷德蒙德的科技公司全球拥有22.3万名员工。微软尚未对这些指控作出回应。在计划获得总统奖项的六位科技领袖中，有五位是移民。
“Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” Vance told a news conference. He said the company had abused the visa system. “You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants.”Vance said Microsoft last year fired 6,000 U.S. workers but also obtained 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards. The tech company based in Redmond, Washington, has 223,000 employees worldwide. Microsoft has not commented on the allegations.
总统将向SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克、谷歌联合创始人谢尔盖·布林、英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋以及半导体公司超微半导体（Advanced Micro Devices）首席执行官苏姿丰颁发国家科学奖章。他们均出生于海外——马斯克出生于南非，布林出生于俄罗斯，黄仁勋和苏姿丰则出生于台湾。
Of the six tech leaders slated to receive an award from the president, five are immigrants. The president will hand out the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk , Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang , and Lisa Su, CEO of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices.
特朗普还将向纳德拉和戴尔科技集团首席执行官迈克尔·戴尔颁发国家技术与创新奖章。戴尔曾支持政府设立的“特朗普账户”（Trump Accounts），即面向儿童的特殊投资账户。戴尔出生于得克萨斯州，而纳德拉则从印度移民至美国。
Each of them was born overseas — South Africa for Musk, Russia for Brin and Taiwan for Huang and Su. Trump will also give the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Nadella and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, who has sponsored the government’s special investment accounts for children known as Trump Accounts . Dell was born in Texas, while Nadella immigrated from India.
这些荣誉——作为庆祝科学新“黄金时代”的峰会的一部分——延续了特朗普此前对这些企业家为加速人工智能技术发展所做贡献的盛赞，他将这项技术称为“超级智能”。他越来越依赖这项技术来实现其经济议程，并推动美国在该领域保持领先，同时反对那些他担心会抑制增长的监管呼吁。
The honors — part of a summit celebrating a new “golden age” of science — build on Trump’s already lavish praise toward the entrepreneurs for their work accelerating the development of artificial intelligence technology, which he refers to as super intelligence . He has increasingly counted on the technology to deliver on his economic agenda and pushed for the U.S. to lead its development while resisting calls for guardrails that he worries will stifle growth .
自1959年设立以来，国家科学奖章的往届获奖者主要是学术界人士和科研人员，而非商界领袖。此次表彰商界领袖的仪式，与本周另行颁发的诺贝尔奖颁奖典礼同时举行。
Past winners of the National Medal of Science, which was established in 1959, have mainly been academics and research scientists rather than business leaders. The ceremony honoring the business leaders overlaps with the awarding this week, separately, of Nobel Prizes.
近几周以来，这些科技领袖频繁到访白宫。马斯克、黄仁勋和苏姿丰在中国领导人习近平举行的盛大国宴上，与特朗普一同就座于主桌。布林、纳德拉和戴尔也出席了活动，戴尔周三还在椭圆形办公室与特朗普讨论了“特朗普账户”相关议题。
The tech leaders have been frequent visitors to the White House in recent weeks. Musk, Huang and Su sat at the head table with Trump at the lavish state dinner for China’s leader , Xi Jinping. Also attending were Brin, Nadella and Dell, who on Wednesday was in the Oval Office to talk about Trump Accounts.
上周，黄仁勋和马斯克与其他科技领袖一同前往白宫，签署了一项关于人工智能发展的自愿协议，此前最新模型引发了人们对国家安全和安全的担忧。
Last week, Huang and Musk were among the tech leaders at the White House to sign a voluntary agreement on developing AI after recent models raised national security and safety concerns.
随着11月的中期选举不足一个月，特朗普还试图向选民强调，对人工智能数据中心及相关计算机设备的投资如何推动了创纪录的股市上涨，从而增加了富裕美国人的净资产。但这一信息并未总能奏效。民意调查显示，两党都对人工智能发展过快感到担忧，而汽油和食品等日常用品的高成本也削弱了许多美国人的经济前景。
With November’s midterm elections less than a month away, Trump has also sought to drive home to voters how investment in AI data centers and related computer equipment has helped to boost a record-high stock market , swelling the net worth of wealthier Americans. But the message hasn’t always landed. Polls show bipartisan concerns about AI developing too quickly , and high costs for everyday items like gas and groceries are dampening the economic outlook for many Americans.
万斯还表示，包括斯坦福大学和麻省理工学院在内的多所大学应因涉嫌签证欺诈而接受调查。黄仁勋和布林拥有斯坦福大学的学位，而苏姿丰则拥有麻省理工学院的多个学位。白宫赞扬了周四获奖者的贡献。
Vance also said that several universities including Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology should be investigated for visa fraud. Huang and Brin have degrees from Stanford and Su has multiple degrees from MIT. The White House praised the contributions of Thursday’s honorees.
白宫发言人莉兹·休斯顿表示：“这些获奖者正助力确保美国在创新领域继续引领世界。”
“These recipients are helping ensure America keeps leading the world in innovation,” said Liz Huston, a White House spokesperson.