民主党议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔批评特朗普政府暂停微软及其他七家IT公司绿卡申请通道的决定，称此举无异于“用大锤砸向合法移民”。美国政府则辩称，该计划导致美国本土人才无法进入就业市场。这一决定引发了政治交锋：贾亚帕尔为微软以及永久劳工认证计划（PERM）辩护，称其是合法移民体系的一部分；而副总统J·D·万斯则指责大型科技公司和外包企业试图以牺牲美国工人利益为代价，获取源源不断的廉价劳动力。
Democratic lawmaker Pramila Jayapal has criticised the Trump administration's decision to suspend the green card pathway for Microsoft and seven other IT firms, saying the move amounts to taking "a hammer to legal immigration". The administration has argued that the programme has kept Americans out of the job market. The decision triggered a political exchange, with Jayapal defending Microsoft and the Permanent Labor Certification Program, or PERM, as part of the legal immigration system, and Vice President J D Vance accusing major technology companies and outsourcing firms of seeking a steady supply of cheap labour at the cost of American workers.
周四，特朗普政府将微软、塔塔、印孚克斯和维普罗等八家IT公司排除在该计划之外，而该计划正是外国工人申请绿卡的常用渠道。万斯在宣布这一决定时声称，大型科技公司及外包企业滥用签证制度，损害了美国工人的利益。
On Thursday, the Trump administration suspended eight IT firms, including Microsoft, Tata, Infosys and Wipro, from the programme used to apply for green cards for foreign workers. Vance announced the suspension, alleging that major technology firms and outsourcing companies had abused the visa system at the expense of American workers.
贾亚帕尔是来自华盛顿州的进步派民主党人，微软总部位于该州雷德蒙德市。她表示，微软一直是倡导全面移民改革的领先企业。她指出，特朗普政府“一直在试图剥夺移民通过合法渠道为国家贡献才华的机会，而这次不过是又一次类似的攻击”。“通过用大锤砸向合法移民，是无法修复一个已经崩溃的移民体系的。”贾亚帕尔说道。她还补充说，微软曾推动改革，旨在现代化“这个过时的移民体系”，并为全球移民创造更多而非更少的合法工作机会，让他们能够在美国生活并与家人团聚。
Jayapal, a progressive Democrat from Washington state, where Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, said the company had been a leader in advocating comprehensive immigration reform. She said the Trump administration had been "consistently working to take away legal pathways for immigrants to contribute their talents to our country, and this is yet another of those attacks"."You don't fix a broken immigration system by taking a hammer to legal immigration," Jayapal said. She added that Microsoft had pushed for reforms that modernise "an antiquated immigration system" and create more, not fewer, legal pathways for immigrants from around the world to work in the United States and live with their families.
她强调，PERM计划是许多希望为国家做出贡献的工人获得就业类绿卡的第一步，该计划设定了清晰的流程，以确保其能促进经济发展，而非损害美国就业岗位。
She said the PERM programme is the first step towards an employment-based green card for many workers who want to contribute to the country, and that it sets out a clear process to ensure it benefits the economy and does not harm American jobs.
“我们的经济、社区和家庭都依赖着众多行业的移民，包括科技行业。而像这样粗暴的攻击只会损害我们努力构建一个强大、稳定且多元化的劳动力基础——这些劳动者拥有合法途径来到美国，同时也能保护美国工人免受无良雇主的剥削，”贾亚帕尔说道。
"Our economy, our communities, and our families depend on immigrants in many sectors, including the tech sector, and heavy-handed attacks like this only hurt efforts to build a strong, stable, and diverse base of workers who have legal pathways to come and be in the United States while also protecting US workers from unscrupulous employers," Jayapal said.
万斯则对贾亚帕尔的言论予以反击，讽刺道：“‘社会主义’显然意味着拼尽全力，确保大型跨国公司能源源不断地获得廉价劳动力。”然而，贾亚帕尔表示，以这种方式针对微软或PERM计划，实际上是在破坏合法移民体系，并削弱美国创新能力。
Vance hit back at Jayapal's remarks with a jibe, saying, "'Socialism' apparently means fighting like hell to ensure megacorporations have a never-ending flow of cheap labour." Jayapal, however, said targeting Microsoft or the PERM programme in this way undermines legal immigration and weakens America's ability to innovate.