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Posted on 10/06/2025 5:12:36 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
For thousands of Indians who move to the United States in pursuit of education, career growth, and stability, the American dream often represents more than just financial success — it stands for freedom, opportunity, and personal achievement. But as immigration rules tighten and job markets fluctuate, many find that this dream can unravel overnight. The story of one 32-year-old Indian worker, who spent four years building a life in the US only to face sudden job loss and visa uncertainty, reveals how fragile this dream can be.
The worker, who moved to the US in 2021 on an F1 student visa, shared his experience in a Reddit post titled “Feeling lost about returning to India after my STEM OPT ends.” After completing his studies, he began working under the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program — a temporary employment option for graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
His career path seemed stable until his employer unexpectedly terminated his project, leaving him without a job just months before his visa expiration. He had planned to transition to a Day 1 CPT program to extend his stay, but with limited time and a tightening job market, his chances dwindled. The sudden shift left him feeling as though he had failed to make the most of his opportunity and was being forced back into the life he had once left behind in India.
Responses from other users highlighted how common such experiences have become among foreign professionals in the US. One commenter said that employers often exploit workers on temporary visas, promising future sponsorships but withdrawing support when convenient. Others pointed out that securing new employment within a short timeframe is increasingly difficult, especially given the current slowdown in the white-collar job market and the high salary threshold of over $100,000
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Go chase somebody else’s dream. Venezuela must have a dream. How ‘bout Honduras? El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Colombia, Jamaica, Haiti, Africa. Where’s their “American dreams?” Don’t they have taxpayers to pay for “American dreams” for every freeloading slob on the friggin’ planet?
And take shortcuts. All. The. Damned. Time. You ever deal with coders from these countries? They are constantly using code snippets from anywhere they can find them, not vetting or testing the code properly, just slapdash google search coding, then throw it over the fence.
dozens [hundreds?] of these sob-sister stories have been published since the $100,000 H1-B visa fee was announced ...
CLEARLY, the massive dot Indian lobby has been busy calling in chits from their western corporate propaganda media buddies, demanding a full-court press ...
If you live in a large metropolitan area, look at your local hospital conglomerates specialist’s lists. You bet , a lot of the docs are excellent, kind etc. But i see this kind of dominance as colonization, as there is a capital pool to reinforce immigration of families, like the story about Indian motel owners that was posted here the other day. “We” are the Iroquois, they want our land.
And take shortcuts. All. The. Damned. Time. You ever deal with coders from these countries? They are constantly using code snippets from anywhere they can find them, not vetting or testing the code properly, just slapdash google search coding, then throw it over the fence.
AI will reduce the need for coders it is time to reduce the need for H-1B recipients.
Primary examples were a newly minted, brilliant foreign PhD student in a hot emerging tech field. H1B allowed American companies to hire that student and retain the skills in the US as opposed to having the new Phd return to their home country and build an industrial base for that new emerging tech outside the US.
Or H1B allowed companies the ability to bring a new Christiaan Barnard type (the guy who developed heart transplants in South Africa ) into the country to start a program here.
The abuse of H1B has become so systemic and wide spread that it is. actively discouraging Americans from studying for STEM careers in general because of lack of jobs opportunities for Americans, low pay and lousy working conditions resulting from companies who developed a corporate culture based on exploiting cheap, low skill foreign workers.
Parasites. They come here to live off taxpaying Americans. Many hate America and do all they can to destroy our culture. So no tears shed when they leave.
“in pursuit of education, career growth, and stability”
to replace Americns?
GTFO. Every last one.
And take shortcuts. All. The. Damned. Time. You ever deal with coders from these countries? They are constantly using code snippets from anywhere they can find them, not vetting or testing the code properly, just slapdash google search coding, then throw it over the fence.
You forgot to mention the outright theft of other people codes and IP.
No there is NOT.
That is what we take for granite here in the USA.
Upward mobility. Generally, IF you are willing to work really hard here, you are rewarded. Sometimes with going from being relatively poor to a multimillionaire in one generation.
In India they have a CASTE system. Meaning depending on what level you were born into decides what job you can get. If you are born into the lowest caste you have absolutely no way to move up. Even in the middle caste you only have an opportunity IF you work harder than the other 2 BILLION people.
Even in modern countries in Europe like Switzerland IF you are not from the right family you may not be able to get financing for a business. This happened to my father in laws boss. He could not get a loan to start a business in Europe. However, he came to America LEGALLY and started what eventually became a very successful company. That employed my father in law for decades selling/servicing textile manufacturing machinery.
The man who owns the local gas station in my town came here LEGALLY from Jordan just over ten years ago. He worked three jobs. Bought one gas station. Eventually another and finally a third. His two sons and he operate them pumping fuel 12 hours a day. Seven days a week. He would not have had this opportunity in Jordan.
Yes, the United States of America really is still the land of opportunity.
“The original intent of the H1B visa program was to give employers a mechanism by which they they could recruit and hire outstanding foreign talent to fill positions that they were unable to fill with an American.”
A “solution” which compounds the problem.
Jeez sorry to slow down White Genocide a little
All these stories like this just goes to show that there are way too many foreigners taking advantage of the current system.
Well said.
Our country is completely infected with parasites from
other countries who come here as noncitizens
***********
Isn’t that the way this country called the USA began?
Wait till we get into the space system and watch what
happens as occupying space becomes the top action.
...That is what we take for ***granted*** here in the USA...
Fixed that fer ya, wb63
“Their children have all married Americans”
So ... Diluting and effing with American culture.
I’ve posted this before. The “mean girl contingent” at my niece’s high school is a coven of Indians. They have turned my niece into a white hater, and have emboldened her to verbally disparage and mock her father who is white.
Her mother is Puerto Rican and rationalizes the brat’s behavior, “She’s just finding herself.” Does not stand up for her husband.
A mixed-culture marriage. There are several in our extended family. The not-American spouses “wear the pants”, no matter the sex; they are literal bullies.
How about a story on the American citizen who could not pursue the American dream due to the invader.
Thanks for the correction.
We don’t take NH for GRANITE.
(NH is called the granite state)
To employers, all that matters is price.
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