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7/11 cashiers, dog trainers, golf professional: Senator Eric Schmitt asks why America needs foreign H-1Bs for these ‘nonsense’ jobs

Missouri senator Eric Schmitt made a video of himself listing out H-1B jobs that do not require any high skill, and then tore the paper from which he was reading, calling out companies that are abusing the program, including 7/11. A staunch critic of the H-1B visa program, Schmitt has been raising his voice against […]

‘I am struck’: Indian H-1B kidney doctor can’t join practice in North Carolina; awaiting $100,000 fee waiver

While the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee was meant for a deterrent for the tech industry to hire from overseas, the rural healthcare system is suffering now for want of good doctors as they can’t pay $100,000. The Washington Post reported the plight of a health facility in Shelby, a small town in […]

Work permit validity cut in US: Will it impact Indian H-1Bs? Which type of visa holders are affected most?

The Donald Trump administration has announced a massive validity cut for Employment Authorization Documents, commonly known as work permits, starting from December 5. Instead of five years, from now on, the maximum validity of work permits will be 18 months. This applies to both new and renewal of EADs filed on or after December 5. […]

Travel ban, H-1B vetting, work permit update, Green Card freeze: List of all new US immigration rules

The Donald Trump administration has come up with a host of immigration rules in the past week in the aftermath of the DC shooting. While restricting illegal aliens has been in the works, the DC shooter suspect’s Afghan origin pushed the administration to announce a host of new measures. Travel ban on around 30 countries […]

US firm’s ‘we still sponsor H-1Bs’ hoardings in India grab eyeballs amid $100,000 visa fee row

A US-based AI recruitment firm came to IIT-Delhi for placement and assured the students that they will not hesitate to sponsor H-1Bs because of the $100,000 fee that the Donald Trump administration imposed, so that companies rely on American talent and don’t import foreign skills. The firm’s social media marketing also targeted the H-1B issue, […]

Raja Krishnamoorthi slammed for his proposal to double H-1B visas to 130,000: ‘He’s serving India’

Indian-origin Democratic Congressman (Illinois) Raja Krishnamoorthi was criticized for reintroducing an Act that he proposed earlier to increase the number of H-1B visas available each year. The move was called ‘vicious’ and ‘tone-deaf’ on social media as the administration is dealing with a major H-1B controversy after President Donald Trump said America needs certain talents […]

‘Fraud, nepotism, corruption’: Heritage Foundation speaks out on H-1B row, says H-4 spouses should not be aluthorized to work in US

The Heritage Foundation has weighed in on the H-1B visa row and recommended measures the Donald Trump administration must take to make the American Dream attainable again, as the program in its current form can’t go on, the Conservative think-tank concluded. Heritage, the brain behind the controversial Project 2025, speaking out on the row makes […]

‘Fraud, nepotism, corruption’: Heritage Foundation speaks out on H-1B row, says H-4 spouses should not be authorized to work in US

The Heritage Foundation has weighed in on the H-1B visa row and recommended measures the Donald Trump administration must take to make the American Dream attainable again, as the program in its current form can’t go on, the Conservative think-tank concluded. Heritage, the brain behind the controversial Project 2025, speaking out on the row makes […]

‘One district in India got 220,000 H-1B visas’: US economist explains ‘fraud’, says only 12% comes from China

Former US Rep and economist Dr Dave Brat trained the guns at India over the H-1B visa program and said that while the national cap for H-1B is 85,000, one Indian district got 220,000 H-1B visas which is 2.5 times the limit. “When you hear H-1B, think of your family, because these fraudulent visas just […]

‘If you don’t bring H-1Bs…’: Indian-origin Congressman Krishnamoorthi says US can’t run without immigrants

Raja Krishnamoorthi says if US doesn’t bring talent from other countries, jobs will go to those countries. Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat-Illinois) said the US can’t function without immigrants amid the ongoing H-1B row. Speaking to a former adviser of ex-President Biden, Ajay Jain Bhutoria, Krishnamoorthi said if US does not bring the talent from […]