'Deeply Offensive': India Shreds Vance's 'Indentured Servants' Remark For H1-B Visa Holders

In a high-stakes diplomatic flashpoint, the MEA has strongly condemned the US Department of Labor’s decision to suspend Microsoft, Adobe, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and other major tech firms from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program. Lashing out at US Vice President JD Vance's "indentured servants" remarks as carrying painful colonial legacies, New Delhi defended Indian tech professionals as elite, highly skilled innovators.