Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- Vice President J.D. Vance has intensified his criticism of the US H-1B visa program, arguing that a system originally designed to attract highly specialized talent has been distorted into a mechanism that can allow companies to obtain lower-cost foreign labor.

His comments come as the Trump administration increases scrutiny of H-1B applications and targets what it describes as abuses in legal immigration. The emerging debate highlights a fundamental tension in US immigration policy: whether the H-1B program remains primarily a tool for attracting exceptional technical expertise or has increasingly become a source of temporary labor for industries seeking to reduce employment costs.

The H-1B system has deep roots in...