Silicon Valley exec ignites firestorm after accusing JD Vance of bringing DEI back

Federal Trade Commission chairman Andrew Ferguson highlights efforts to ensure the H-1B program serves its intended purpose of bringing in specialized labor on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ Ankit Gupta, a general partner at Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, is facing backlash after describing Vice President JD Vance’s call for American companies to "hire and train Americans" as a return of "DEI." "In a win for the woke left DEI is back," Gupta wrote on X. "No, Ankit. It’s called putting your own citizens first," Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito wrote, arguing that American companies should prioritize American jobs and workers. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon, and Nalin Haley, the son of former South Caroli

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