Nivriti Agaram, a graduate of George Washington University, told Vice President JD Vance that her first vote after she became a US citizen was for Trump-Vance. At a CBS News Town Hall, Niv Agaram told Vance that she voted for him because of border safety, drugs and trafficking issues, and not because she thought immigrants actually take away jobs from Americans. “After seeing ICE behave like military police and then you recently called H-1B visa workers foreign indentured servants — I think Americans are anything but safe,” Niv said, asking why the administration was “scapegoating” immigrants for the issues the government should be solving.JD Vance conceded that his rhetoric against the H-1B visa holders was not perfect, and he did not mean to say it about all H-1B visa holders but a section of them. Explaining the entire issue of companies bringing foreign workers, wrongfully claiming that there are no Americans available for these jobs and then holding the workers almost on a bond, Vance said that when he used the term “indentured servants”, it was not to criticize the individuals, but the companies.Vance then cited the Indian origin of his in-laws and said he is not vilifying the immigration system; he just wants to ensure social cohesion. He said if too many people come to the US, even if they are good people, it changes the country in very profound ways. “I don’t think it’s unreasonable for an American citizen to want to share their community with people they have something in common with,” Vance said. “And I think our immigration system has to build that.
Who is Niv Agaram ?
As she said, Niv’s family immigrated to the US around 20 years ago and she became a citizen five years ago. She has been vocal against ICE atrocities and has taken part in anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis. From Washington DC. she flew to Minneapolis to take part in anti-ICE protests. “This is not the America I voted for,” she said at that time to The Free Press.