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‘US not an option for us anymore’: Indian students turn away from America
Hindustan Times ^ | 10/7/2025 | Shashank Mattoo

Posted on 10/08/2025 5:31:01 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

“I have never seen anything like this in 30 years,” says Mrinalini Batra, a higher studies counsellor who has helped dozens of Indian students find their way into America’s most prestigious universities.

Batra is referring to a slew of measures enacted by the US President Donald Trump administration in recent months, from time-limiting foreign student visas and hiking H1B visa fees to demanding a 15% cap on international students at US universities. Taken together, the measures seem to mark a concerted effort to restrict the number of foreign students entering America.

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“The US is just not an option for us anymore. We just felt that the stress and tension for our child were not worth it. This year, many kids studying in America just didn’t come back home for holidays because they weren’t sure if they would be allowed to re-enter. My son is already studying in America but my daughter will be going to study in the UK,” said one parent speaking to HT on the condition of anonymity.

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“I know a friend who took $80,000 in debt to get a master’s degree in architecture from a top US university and now her US firm has told her they will not sponsor her for a visa. So she’s going to come back to India. It’s definitely something I have to consider,” says one Indian student who is looking at studying MBA in America.

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“I’m a little disillusioned. This is the kind of uncertainty I don’t need in my life. I have been telling people that if they are fully scholarship funded then they should come to America. If they have to pay, then they shouldn’t,” says one Indian student at Harvard University.

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To: dfwgator

And yet India remains a s-hole.


41 posted on 10/08/2025 6:53:02 AM PDT by Iron Munro ( Obi-Wan Kenobi: Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?)
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To: RoosterRedux

The problem with engineering are all of the electives.


42 posted on 10/08/2025 6:54:29 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: vespa300

I agree. Mexican food is not as stinky as that Indian crap.


43 posted on 10/08/2025 6:56:15 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Jeff Chandler
I hear there’s plenty of work available in call centers for those with heavy accents.

Only if they are able to mangle their spoken English to the point it is almost totally unintelligible.


44 posted on 10/08/2025 6:59:05 AM PDT by Iron Munro ( Obi-Wan Kenobi: Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?)
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To: Languager

Yes they are.


45 posted on 10/08/2025 7:10:48 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Karl Spooner

Hotels run by the Patels?
America First!


46 posted on 10/08/2025 7:10:51 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

They say it like it’s a bad thing. I don’t have anything against them, but lots of them seemed to me to be taking an unfair advantage of the country’s hospitality.


47 posted on 10/08/2025 7:13:17 AM PDT by sgt_lau (Islamophobic? No. I reject a 7th century death-cult that demands non-believers like me, dead.)
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To: tumblindice

“Patel hotels” refers to hotels in the U.S. owned by people with the surname Patel, primarily of Indian origin. This family name has become synonymous with the hotel and motel industry in America, with the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) reporting that Indian Americans own a significant share of hotels, and a large portion of these are owned by Patels.


48 posted on 10/08/2025 7:13:21 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: sgt_lau

Welcome to the party pal.


49 posted on 10/08/2025 7:14:04 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: marcusmaximus

I hope this is true.


50 posted on 10/08/2025 7:41:42 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: marcusmaximus

Make India Great Again! Though I am not certain modern India was ever great.


51 posted on 10/08/2025 7:56:05 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: marcusmaximus
One less H1B = 4 fewer Indian anchor babies.

Don't forget the 4 father and mother in laws, please the brothers and sisters in law who come to "visit" and knock out American citizen anchor babies while here. A single H-1B can breed a dozen or more "immigrants" thru chain migration alone.

52 posted on 10/08/2025 8:36:04 AM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: Mozzafiato; All
A single H-1B can breed a dozen or more "immigrants" thru chain migration alone.
53 posted on 10/08/2025 8:40:19 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: vespa300

I did a contract for Nintendo and lived nearby them up in Redmond Washington. Within a 5 mile radius there were no fewer than 13 Indian restaurants.

Nintendo itself didn’t have that many Indians working there, but they’re nestled in the middle of Microsoft land, and they have THOUSANDS.

We lived in an apartment complex nearby and it was ALL Indians. I would bet H1-Bs.


54 posted on 10/08/2025 8:41:34 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: OttawaFreeper

Dot’s a shame. . (evil grin)


55 posted on 10/08/2025 8:44:27 AM PDT by Salgak (This is a Triumph. I'm making a note here, Huge Success! It's hard to overstate, my satisfaction. )
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To: marcusmaximus

Well,…. Bye!


56 posted on 10/08/2025 8:50:41 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You are not seeing trained US citizens ‘cause racist Unis like Harvard forbid them.


57 posted on 10/08/2025 8:59:15 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: DAC21

Exactly. What they don’t really want to come out and say was they’ve had a super-cushy deal going in the USA for the past 30 years. Now that the USA is returning to parity with other developed nations on these policies, they get all whiney and start talking about other countries.


58 posted on 10/08/2025 9:02:53 AM PDT by vmpolesov
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To: DownInFlames

Good luck in Russia.


59 posted on 10/08/2025 9:05:52 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Thank God!


60 posted on 10/08/2025 9:07:48 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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