Washington, Oct. 18 -- US Vice President JD Vance has acknowledged that his rhetoric describing H-1B visa holders as "indentured servants" was imperfect, clarifying that his criticism was directed at companies and the visa system rather than the workers themselves, following strong objections from India.
Speaking at a CBS town hall, Vance said the visa system gave employers excessive control over foreign workers because their legal status in the United States depended on their jobs.
"To the extent my rhetoric has been imperfect, that's on me. What I said about certain visa holders, certain H-1B holders, is not the entire category," he said.
Vance argued that workers on H-1B visas could be vulnerable to exploitation because losing their j...