JD Vance calls out Big Tech for firing Americans while hiring cheap foreign H-1B visa replacements

Fox Business ^ | 7/25/2025 | Alexander Hall

[marcusmaximus]

Vice President JD Vance blasted Big Tech companies for firing American workers and then claiming they need visas for foreign labor Wednesday.

The H-1B visa program allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers for specialty occupations and is overwhelmingly used by the tech industry. However, it has long been controversial for some conservatives, who say it is abused by tech companies to bring in cheap, predominantly Indian, labor to replace American workers.

Vance spoke with The All-In podcast hosts on a panel at the "Winning the AI Race" AI Summit in Washington, D.C. The Vice President noted that while some Silicon Valley technology firms claim they need "overseas visa programs to find workers," "the college-educated employment rate for STEM graduates in this country seems to be declining."

"Well, wait a second," Vance said, explaining his thought process. "If you're not hiring American workers coming out of colleges for these jobs, then how can you say that you have a massive shortage in these jobs?

"And by the way, you see some Big Tech companies where they'll lay off 9,000 workers, and then they'll apply for a bunch of overseas visas," he added, referencing Microsoft announcing it was laying off 9,000 workers at the beginning of July amid reports the company had applied for over 9,000 H1-B visas.

Vance said that while President Donald Trump has advocated for the best and brightest to come to the United States and help build great companies, at the same time, "I don't want companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then to go and say, ‘We can't find workers here in America.’ That’s a bulls--- story."

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[central_va]

I doubt that.

[HYPOCRACY]

So? You are wrong then.

[central_va]

The H-1b visa holders I worked with were all above average in IQ. All the more to pity because they should have stayed in India and tried to make India great for once. Everyone was stealing a job from an equally intelligent American.

[sten]

welcome to the party, pal

you’re only 25 years too late.

[JesusIsLord]

It's quite convenient to blame everything on H-1B Visas.

I disagree. There are over 759,000 "current" H-1B holders. Them possessing these visas has nothing to do with oversea factories and everything to do with U.S. corporations wanting cheap labor. H-1B visas steal jobs from Americans - it's that simple. Our government both D and R has and continues to cater to its big money donors - namely U.S. corporations.

[bobcat62]

You got it.

[bobcat62]

This time, the suckers are getting loud enough that DJT & Co. won’t be able to kick the can down the road.

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