India, Oct. 2 -- US Vice President JD Vance has called the H-1B visa program "completely broken" and said he would support eliminating it, arguing that the system has been used by employers to replace American workers with lower-paid foreign employees.

In a video posted on X, Vance said the program had been "totally taken advantage of" not only by technology companies but also by accounting firms and others. He distinguished between hiring highly skilled foreign professionals and using H-1B visas to reduce labor costs.

"If you're going to bring in an accountant making $45,000 a year to replace an accountant who is an American making $60,000 a year, that's not you using the program to bring in a genius," Vance said. "That's you destroyin...