Vice President JD Vance announces the suspension of the PERM Program for Microsoft: "Thanks to an ongoing…

The H1B visa is how people come into the country the PERM program is how they stay in the United States to begin with. Now there has been no company in the United States unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft and let me just give you a couple of statistics on this So, in the last year Microsoft, and I want to be clear about the data here so let me check this but Microsoft laid off last year 6,000 6,000 American workers. At the same time the company benefited from 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards In other words, if you do the math for every worker that Microsoft laid off they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants Now that is a scandalous system that we've allowed in this country for far too long but thanks to the work of this task force and thanks to the empowerment of the President of the United States we're going to stop it Because thanks to an ongoing investigation we have decided to suspend the PERM program for Microsoft which means they will no longer be able to apply their, those, they'll no no longer be able to take those H-1Bs and apply for permanent resident status within the United States of America Now our message to Microsoft and to any other foreign or domestic corporation is quite simple We obviously We want you to thrive in the United States of America We want people to invest in the United States of America particularly the American technology sector We are the biggest boosters of your industry We want you to continue to grow and to employ a lot of people but we want you to employ American workers And so our message to Microsoft is you're a great American company but you've got to hire great American workers You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants

Exaggeration/Hyperbole The claim that no company has abused the system 'more than Microsoft' is an absolute superlative presented without comprehensive comparative evidence — for example: 'no company in the United States unfortunately, that has abused this system more than Microsoft'

Loaded Language The word 'abused' is emotionally charged and frames legal corporate behavior as misconduct without establishing legal wrongdoing — for example: abused this system more than Microsoft, replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants and replace them with foreign indentured servants.

Card Stacking The speaker presents layoff numbers and H-1B visa numbers side by side as if they directly prove replacement, without acknowledging that layoffs and new hires may involve different roles, timelines, or business units — for example: Microsoft laid off last year 6,000 6,000 American workers and if you do the math for every worker that Microsoft laid off they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants.

Repetition The phrase 'foreign indentured servants' is repeated multiple times within the passage to reinforce a derogatory framing of H-1B workers — for example: 'foreign indentured servants'

Appeal to Prejudice The repeated emphasis on 'American workers' versus foreign workers invokes in-group/out-group identity to frame the issue as Americans being displaced by outsiders — for example: 'we want you to employ American workers', 'hire great American workers'

Glittering Generalities Vague positive phrases like 'thrive in the United States of America', 'great American company', and 'great American workers' are used as rhetorical flourish without substantive policy content — for example: 'you're a great American company but you've got to hire great American workers'

Transfer The speaker borrows legitimacy from 'the President of the United States' and a government 'task force' to validate the punitive action against Microsoft — for example: 'thanks to the empowerment of the President of the United States we're going to stop it'