Trump’s restrictions on skilled immigration could encourage Indian professionals to reconsider their future in America. But research by Vivek Wadhwa and migration survey data suggest India’s economic gains are far from automatic. Continue reading Trump Wants American Jobs Back. Could His Visa Crackdown Help Build India’s Next Silicon Valley?
President Trump has extended the controversial $100,000 H-1B payment policy through September 2027, but a federal court has blocked its implementation. Here is what the legal battle and wider H-1B crackdown mean for Indian technology workers, international students and American employers. Continue reading The $100,000 H-1B Barrier: Is America Closing the Door on Indian Tech Workers?
A phone call with relatives in America rarely ends with someone saying they are coming home. Politics may enter the conversation. Immigration certainly does. Then the talk drifts toward the price of ordinary American life. Leaving is another matter. That is why a new survey of Indian Americans caught my attention. Its headline finding sounds dramatic: four in ten Indian Americans say they have frequently or occasionally thought about leaving the United States. Look deeper and the story becomes harder to package. Indian Americans are questioning America. They have not stopped choosing it. The 40 Percent Number Needs Context The … Continue reading Indian Americans Are Thinking About Leaving America. But They Still Point Others Toward It
From where I sit in Karachi, watching the Indian-American community’s slow unravelling of faith in the United States feels like watching a familiar play from the wrong side of the stage. South Asians have always understood, somewhere in the back … Continue reading Why Nearly 40% of Indian-Americans Want to Leave the United States
