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  • These 25 Universities Will Take A Big Hit From Trump’s H-1B Visa Attack

    10/07/2025 3:40:13 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 41 replies
    Forbes ^ | 10/7/2025 | Janet Novack
    There’s been lots of discussion about which tech companies will be the biggest losers from President Donald Trump’s broad assault on H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, including a $100,000 fee for each new visa recipient. But the impact could be felt first by universities, says Jeremy Neufeld, the director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress, a nonpartisan Washington think tank. That's because the fee won’t apply to companies until next March, when the annual lottery for the roughly 85,000 new commercial H-1B visas awarded each year, takes place. Meanwhile, universities and certain other research and not-for-profit...
  • No more love beyond borders? Trump’s H-1B visa move dampens Indians' craze for NRI spouses; students drop American dreams

    10/07/2025 3:07:31 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    Times of India ^ | 10/7/2025 | News Desk
    Tighter US immigration rules are making Indian families think twice before arranging marriages with relatives living in the United States, matchmakers and experts say. Sidhi Sharma, a 19-year-old medical student from Haryana, had hoped to marry an Indian citizen with a high-paying US job but abandoned the idea after recent headlines about President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.