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Rising hostility toward Indian Americans — especially Indian H-1B visa holders — didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s the result of years of policy failure, loopholes, and abuse within the H-1B system, particularly in the tech and IT outsourcing sector. Watch this episode of Indian Abroad with Priyanka Deo to know more. Source link [ad_3]
washington dc19 minutes ago copy link US President Trump and Vice President JD Vance. (file photo) Amidst the H-1B visa controversy in America, the debate regarding foreign workers has now intensified. US Vice President JD Vance addressed foreign workers as cheap servants and said that we do not need them. Taking aim at the opposition…
Bengaluru/Hyderabad: Donald Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown will hasten US firms’ shift of critical work to India, turbocharging the growth of global capability centres (GCCs) that handle operations from finance to research and development, economists and industry insiders say. The world’s fifth-largest economy is home to 1,700 GCCs, or more than half the global tally, having…
New Delhi: Two India-born executives have been appointed to top leadership positions at two major American companies at a time when the Donald Trump-led US administration is tightening regulations around H-1B visas. Srini Gopalan has become the CEO of T-Mobile while Rahul Goyal will take charge at Molson Coors Beverage Company. Pise, SEOND. T-Mobile announced…
New Delhi: An Indian-origin man in the US has come under fire for publicly calling for all H-1B visas to expire and for visa holders to be sent back to their home countries. “All H-1B visas should expire, the program should be ended, and visa holders should be sent back to their home countries. It…
Last Updated:January 17, 2025, 4:04 PM IST H-1B Visa News: According to the US Department of Homeland Security, the H-1B visa program will be modernised by clarifying requirements, improving efficiency, and offering greater benefits and flexibility to both petitioners and beneficiaries Of the 386,000 H-1B visas granted in 2023, 72.3% were awarded to Indians. (Representative/News18…
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has added to the already bubbling cauldron of the H-1B visa debate by accusing Elon Musk of supporting the visa programme solely because it provides cheaper labour, rather than more skilled workers. He added, “cheaper the labor they hire, the more money the billionaires make”. Sanders argued, “The main function of…
The Optional Practical Training (OPT) programme, which allows international students, including those from India, to gain work experience in the US after graduation, is facing scrutiny amid growing concerns over foreign worker programmes. The OPT programme has been criticised for being exploited to fill American jobs, with some arguing it’s being used as a long-term…
Last Updated:January 02, 2025, 11:57 PM IST The US Tech Workers have demanded Donald Trump to scrap the OPT programme, claiming it is being misused to get H-1B visa. They claimed that locals graduates are being subjected to “unfair competition”. The US provides a wide array of visa options for Indians Donald Trump’s supporters backing…
Last Updated:November 16, 2024, 11:42 PM IST The people in Punjab led the search for the query on Google, followed by those in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Kerala. Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in the US Presidential elections last week has received mixed responses worldwide. (IMAGE: AP PHOTO) In interesting turns of events, search engine…