Indian woman's example in lawsuit against Trump over H-1B fee hike: ‘Will be forced to leave her…'

Hindustan Times ^ | 10/4/2025 | Priyanshu Priya

[marcusmaximus]

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The suit cites the example of “Plaintiff Phoenix Doe,” to land its point. Doe is described as an Indian citizen residing in Northern California. She is a postdoctoral researcher whose cap-exempt H-1B petition has been halted due to the $100,000 fee.

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“As a result of the Proclamation, her university has indefinitely paused moving forward with the processing of her application.”

“She is suffering debilitating stress and anxiety due to the uncertainty of her position, which exacerbates the PTSD from which she suffers. Without relief, Plaintiff Phoenix will be forced to leave her postdoctoral position the United States within four months, causing serious professional and personal harm.”

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[mikey_hates_everything]

You think you all can't stand them now? Go to India and see all of the arrogance for yourself over the filth, garbage and as Seinfeld said, the smell of death everywhere. The whole country looked and acted like the movie Idiocracy. I was neutral about them until those trips there that work paid for. It was hilarious listening to the United pilot tell off the New Delhi controller when he blasted out to the pilot what gate to taxi to as the 747 was just beginning to touch down on the runway. No way I'd burn my money going there. Saw a bunch of French that did for vacation, though, figures... Indians and Pakis invented the Gen Z stare. No way I'd waste my money going somewhere to get sick and then the horrifying fear of having diarrhea on the plane trip back. Fortunately I was there long enough to get over it before leaving. Just a bunch of dimwits regardless of caste.

[marcusmaximus]

I hope you didn’t shake anyone’s hand while you were there.

[econjack]

Here's an idea: Go through the immigration process first and avoid the H-1B visa charges. If it's true that:

She is suffering debilitating stress and anxiety due to the uncertainty of her position, which exacerbates the PTSD from which she suffers

what employer wants to hire this neurotic mess in the first place. If she can't cope with this, how's she going to cope with the day-to-day stress of solving problems for her employer?

[9YearLurker]

She’s such a gem that our loss is Modi’s gain.

[SuperLuminal]

Lots of post-doc openings in China, India, and Britain...

[Pearls Before Swine]

The worst Indians I have ever encountered have been women Brahmin Caste.

It seems to me that every Indian I ever met who alluded to caste claimed to be a Brahmin.

[PAR35]

Just what the US needs - aliens with psychiatric issues.

We already have enough mentally ill folks in this country without importing more.

[No name given]

Correct.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Every law will hurt some people.
You could give everyone $100,000 and some will be hurt by it.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Should have read your post before I posted:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4344309/posts?page=29#29

[noiseman]

So she’s a postdoctoral “researcher” at some university. Highly likely she’s nothing more than a heavily subsidized professional navel-gazer. We really need to strip academia down to the studs and do a thorough inspection to see what is worth saving and what is just rot.

[whitney69]

A whole lot of people died crossing the US in wagon trains and on horseback. They knew and were willing to take the gamble to get better. But it was a gamble and if it failed like starvation, killings, or illness, it was part of the game.

They are trying to blame Trump for this fee being the reason she is in trouble being here as she is required to carry her own weight. The people back in the early didn’t know about rivers or high mountains to be crossed but they accepted the challenges and went forward as it was their decision. Same/same.

wy69

[FrankRizzo890]

The horror, the horror.

[ridesthemiles]

“A RESEARCHER WITH PTSD”

JUST WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS

[DeplorablePaul]

Right? She’s filling a spot that a nice hetero Christian MAGA white boy can fill. Bye bye Indira.

[Oorang]

From the article...
"The case is being pursued by the United Auto Workers union, the American Association of University Professors, the Justice Action Center, the Democracy Forward Foundation on behalf of the Global Nurse Force, and several religious organizations."

A means to keep that cheap labor gravy train rolling.

[BFW]

Start a go fund it, send those rupees in now.................

1 rupee = 0.011 United States Dollar.

Better get busy.

[atomic_dog]

[central_va]

No one gave a fu— about me when my whole IT/data dept was outsourced to Indians that we HAD TO TRAIN!!

[central_va]

It’s on the same f’d up level as Sharia law.