India, Dec. 23 -- US Vice President JD Vance has backed the Trump administration's decision to restrict access to H-1B visas at a high-powered conservative political conference, as the government believes it is "wrong for companies to bypass American labour just to go for cheaper options in the third world."

Vance, who is widely expected to make a run for the Presidency in 2028, made the remarks on Sunday at the TurningPoint USA's AmericaFest convention. A vocal critic of the H-1B programme, Vance in July claimed that firms were laying off American workers and applying for H-1B visas to hire skilled professionals from outside the country.

"Microsoft just laid off 9,000 American tech workers, but they've applied for thousands of H-1B vis...