美国副总统JD·万斯为其将H-1B签证持有者称为“外国契约劳工”的言论进行了辩护，同时表示他爱他的印度岳父母。他在美国时间10月17日星期六的CBS新闻市政厅会议上表示，他的目标是公司和签证制度，而不是工人，美国需要一个平衡的移民体系。他承认自己的“言辞可能不够完美”，但他并未收回该言论。他还谈到了他的妻子、第二夫人乌莎·万斯以及她的南印度父母。
US Vice President JD Vance has defended his remark that called H-1B visa workers “foreign indentured servants”, while saying he loves his Indian in-laws. Speaking at a CBS News town hall on Saturday, October 17 (US time), he said his target was companies and the visa system, not the workers, and that the US needs a balanced immigration system. He allowed that his “rhetoric may have been imperfect”, but he did not take the remark back. He also spoke about his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, and her South Indian parents.
印度外交部（MEA）早已称其言论“无端”和“极其冒犯”。此事发生之际，特朗普政府已暂停多家公司（包括印度IT公司）在美国绿卡申请关键环节的资格。
India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had already called his words “unwarranted” and “deeply offensive”. The row comes as the Trump administration has suspended several firms, including Indian IT companies, from a key step on the path to a US green card.
万斯谈及他的印度岳父母 在市政厅会议上，一名选民向万斯询问了该言论。她说她五年前搬到美国，成为公民并投票支持他。她指责他“将移民作为替罪羊”。
Vance speaks of his Indian in-laws A voter at the town hall asked Vance about the remark. She said she had moved to the US five years ago, became a citizen and voted for him. She accused him of “scapegoating immigrants”.
万斯首先谈到了他的家人。他说：“你知道我的家人来自哪里，我爱我的岳母和岳父，他们从南印度移民而来，显然他们的女儿——在美国出生——现在是第二夫人，我为她感到非常自豪，我也非常爱她。”尼夫·阿加拉姆大约20年前随家人移民到美国。成为美国公民后，她首先投票支持特朗普总统和万斯副总统。她向万斯询问了政府的移民政策及其周围的移民言论。
Vance began by talking about his family. He said, “You know where my family comes from, and I love my mother-in-law and father-in-law who immigrated from South India, and obviously their daughter, born in the United States of America, is now the second lady, and I’m very proud of her, and I love her very much.”Niv Agaram immigrated to the U.S. with her family about 20 years ago. After becoming a U.S. citizen, she first voted for President Trump and Vice President JD Vance. She asked Vance about the administration’s immigration policies and his rhetoric surrounding immigrants.
“我认为美国公民希望与他们有共同点的人分享社区，这并不过分，”万斯说。“我认为我们的移民体系必须建设这一点。”
“I don’t think it’s unreasonable for an American citizen to want to share their community with people they have something in common with,” Vance said. “And I think our immigration system has to build that.
2026年10月18日 然后他说，他希望有一个欢迎为国家增添价值的人的制度，但该制度也必须对美国工人公平。“我认为我们的移民制度必须取得平衡，”他说。
October 18, 2026 He then said he wanted a system that welcomes people who add value to the country, but that the system must be fair to US workers too. “I think that our immigration system has to balance,” he said.
“这是我的责任”：万斯关于其言论的表述 万斯没有撤回该言论。他表示该观点依然成立，并且该术语针对的是雇主，而非持签证者。他承认自己措辞本可以更好。“就我的言辞在此不够完美而言，这是我的责任，”他说。
‘That is on me’: what Vance said about his words Vance did not withdraw the remark. He said the point stands, and that the term was aimed at employers, not visa holders. He did accept that his choice of words could have been better. “To the extent that my rhetoric has been imperfect here, that’s on me,” he said.
用他的话说，“所以，当我说‘契约劳役’时，这不是对H1B签证持有者的批评；这是对公司的批评，该公司带来一个人，有时会解雇一名美国员工，并且知道如果他们抱怨，如果他们与老板有分歧，他们可能就会失去工作……他们可能会被遣返回国，我认为这给雇主的权力太大了。也许我的言辞在此不够完美……这是对签证制度的批评，该制度允许人们被当作契约劳役对待，因为他们可以被遣送回原籍国。”
In his words, “So, when I say indentured servitude, that is not a criticism of H1B visa holders; that is the criticism of the company, which brings a person who sometimes will lay off an American worker and knows that if they complain, if they have disagreement with the boss, they could just lose their job… They can be shipped back, which I think gives way too much power to the employer. Maybe my rhetoric has been imperfect here… it is the criticism of the visa system that allowed people to be treated as indentured servants, as they can be shipped to their countries of origin.”
美国移民收紧：印度IT巨头如何长期为这一时刻做准备他说该术语针对的是雇主，而非持签证者：他说这“不是对H1B签证持有者的批评”，而是对将他们带来的公司的批评。
US immigration crackdown: How Indian IT giants have long prepared for this moment He said the term was aimed at employers, not visa holders: He said it was “not a criticism of H1B visa holders” but of the companies that bring them in.
在他看来，一些公司解雇一名美国员工，并雇佣一名持签证者取代其职位。
In his view, some firms lay off a US worker and hire a visa holder in their place.
他说，持签证者如果与老板争执，可能会失去工作并被遣送回国，这给雇主的权力太大了。
He said a visa holder who argues with a boss can lose the job and be sent home, which gives the employer too much power.
他举了一个例子：一家市值万亿美元的公司声称当地找不到会计，然后解雇了已经在其工资单上的会计。“这不公平，”他说。
He gave the example of a company worth a trillion dollars that says it cannot find an accountant locally, then fires one already on its payroll. “That’s not fairness,” he said.
争议如何开始 争议始于本月早些时候。在一次新闻发布会上，万斯称H-1B工人为“契约劳役”，并表示外国外包公司削减了美国工人的工资。他给出了这些数字：持有H-1B签证的员工，在同一岗位上的收入约比美国公民少2万美元。由外国外包公司引进的员工，收入约少4.8万美元。
How the row began The row started earlier this month. At a news conference, Vance called H-1B workers “indentured servants” and said foreign outsourcing firms cut the pay of American workers. He gave these figures: An H-1B worker earns about $20,000 less than a US citizen in the same job. A worker brought in by a foreign outsourcing firm earns about $48,000 less.
他要求美国企业雇佣更多美国员工，停止从国外引进更廉价的劳动力。
He told US firms to hire more American workers and to stop bringing in cheaper labour from abroad.
美国绿卡暂停：这对微软、TCS、科诺齐、Infosys、Wipro、HCL、Adobe和Capgemini的印度技术人员意味着什么随后，该政府将多家公司从永久劳工认证计划（PERM）中暂停。PERM是雇主为外籍员工（如H-1B持有者）申请绿卡的第一步。被点名的公司包括：微软、科诺齐、Infosys、Wipro、Capgemini。外交部表示，这些言论忽视了印度专业人士是美国经济中“受过高等教育且技术娴熟的贡献者”这一事实。
US Green Card suspension: What it means for Indian techies at Microsoft, TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Adobe and Capgemini The administration then suspended several companies from the Permanent Labor Certification Program, known as PERM. PERM is the first step that lets an employer sponsor a foreign worker, such as an H-1B holder, for a green card. The firms named include: Microsoft Cognizant Infosys Wipro Capgemini The MEA said the remarks ignored the fact that Indian professionals in the US are “highly educated and skilled contributors” to its economy.
外交部表示，美国的历史由几代移民塑造，带有“痛苦的历史和殖民遗产含义”的言辞极具冒犯性。
It said the history of the US was shaped by generations of immigrants, and that words with “painful historical and colonial legacy connotations” were deeply offensive.
新德里还表示，冻结TCS和Infosys等印度IT公司的绿卡申请，违背了两国的共同目标。HCLTech也就此次暂停发表了评论，立场与Infosys和TCS一致。
New Delhi also said the freeze on green card filings by Indian IT firms such as TCS and Infosys goes against the shared aims of both countries. HCLTech has also commented on the suspension, in line with Infosys and TCS.