JD Vance walks back 'indentured servants' jab at H-1B workers, says rhetoric was 'imperfect'

Vice President JD Vance has acknowledged his wording was 'imperfect' after calling H-1B workers 'foreign indentured servants' earlier this month. At an October 17 CBS News town hall, answering an Indian-American voter, he insisted his criticism targeted employers and the visa system, not the workers. Vance invoked his own family ties, saying he loves his mother-in-law and father-in-law, who immigrated from South India, and is proud of his wife Usha, now Second Lady. India had condemned the 'indentured servants' language as deeply offensive, citing its painful colonial-era connotations. He stopped short of fully withdrawing the remark, arguing the H-1B system gives employers too much power over workers whose status is tied to a single job. Source: https://www.peoplematters.in/news/business/vance-defends-indentured-servants-remark-on-h-1b-workers-admits-rhetoric-has-been-imperfect-52793

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