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‘Cruel joke’: How Indian H-1B dreams are crash-landing after Trump fee hike
Al Jazeera ^ | 9/30/2025 | Yashraj Sharma

Posted on 09/30/2025 2:37:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Thousands of young Indians have mapped their adult lives with the aim of moving to the US, plans that now lie in tatters.

Meghna Gupta* had planned it all – a master’s degree by 23, a few years of working in India, and then a move to the United States before she turned 30 to eventually settle there.

So, she clocked countless hours at the Hyderabad office of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT firm and a driver of the country’s emergence as the global outsourcing powerhouse in the sector. She waited to get to the promotion that would mean a stint on California’s West Coast.

Now, Gupta is 29, and her dreams lie in tatters after US President Donald Trump’s administration upended the H-1B visa programme that tech firms have used for more than three decades to bring skilled workers to the US.

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...


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1 posted on 09/30/2025 2:37:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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2 posted on 09/30/2025 2:41:28 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Get on the FR contribution train for Q4, freeploadusmaximus!


3 posted on 09/30/2025 2:42:26 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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FREEPATHON Q4!!

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4 posted on 09/30/2025 2:43:05 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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5 posted on 09/30/2025 2:43:45 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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6 posted on 09/30/2025 2:43:50 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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And then there is the American graduate whose dreams will now come true. America first.


7 posted on 09/30/2025 2:44:00 AM PDT by JayGalt (For America!)
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10 posted on 09/30/2025 2:44:53 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Meghna Gupta* had planned it all – a few years working in India, and then a move to settle in the US.......and bringing her entire extended family over to get US freebies.....all if them sucking off the backs of US taxpayers.


15 posted on 09/30/2025 2:49:36 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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Meghna Gupta* had planned it all – a few years working in India, and then a move to settle in the US.......and bringing her entire extended family over to get US freebies.....all if them sucking off the backs of US taxpayers.


16 posted on 09/30/2025 2:49:40 AM PDT by Liz (May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead (Irish blessing))
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And spawn a bunch of anchor babies while she’s here, too.


17 posted on 09/30/2025 2:51:00 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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I made quite a good living fixing South work created by these H1B Visa holders.

And once they’re here for a while and get moved up into higher positions, they only hire other from their country and go out of their way to be difficult to any than is not.


18 posted on 09/30/2025 2:56:17 AM PDT by Mr. K (no i think 10%consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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This is so good I may have to change my shorts after reading it.


19 posted on 09/30/2025 2:58:59 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Lol!


20 posted on 09/30/2025 3:00:01 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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