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India Responds to JD Vance PERM Remarks Defending Skilled Professionals
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News18•09-10-2026, 13:08
India Responds to JD Vance PERM Remarks Defending Skilled Professionals
- •India's Ministry of External Affairs responded to US Vice President JD Vance regarding his remarks on the PERM system.
- •The MEA highlighted the vital contributions of Indian professionals to the American economy and stressed the mutual benefits of international talent mobility.
- •India objected to the use of historically charged language in discussions about foreign professionals and employment.
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India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) defended Indian professionals by highlighting their crucial contributions to the American economy and innovation ecosystem. The MEA also objected to the use of historically charged and colonial-legacy language when discussing foreign professionals.
India strongly objected to US Vice-President JD Vance describing foreign workers as "indentured servants", calling the terminology deeply offensive and dismissive of the positive labor and enterprise brought by generations of immigrants.
US Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of exploiting the US immigration system by laying off thousands of American employees while concurrently benefiting from thousands of H-1B visas and green cards.
