My college age daughter’s academic interests would be well served by working for a few months in India this summer. It has been made clear to her that she should only consider looking for an unpaid internship, because the government of India makes it almost impossible for any young American to work in that county even for a short period of time.
Seems fair, doesn’t it?
There are many non-monetary impediments to trade and working overseas. That’s part of not getting a fair deal, which I would hope a President Trump would address.
Take a look at the H1-b program from an Indian tech worker’s perspective. You can’t get promoted to management in an Indian BPO tech firm without having spent time working on-site at a customer. Most of your customers are in the U.S. and the easiest way to get a visa is the H1-b. No H1-b available, no promotion.
I work with these firms (not my decision) and have gained a good deal of insight over the years. Many H1-b workers in the past stayed here and eventually became citizens. This wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Now the majority come here for 6 months learn the ropes and return home to be promoted. That is not a good thing for us. The high demand now is partially due to the rotations that didn’t happen as often in the past.