What Trump’s push to limit overseas workers means for India’s army of high-tech migrant labor
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What Trump’s push to limit overseas workers means for India’s army of high-tech migrant labor

LA Times  

An employee of Indian IT security solutions company Innefu Labs works at its offices in New Delhi. But with Trump vowing to put “America first” and prevent U.S. jobs from going overseas, India’s army of young tech workers is bracing for new restrictions on a visa program that has represented a path to the middle class for thousands over the last two decades. “Given President Trump’s inaugural speech of ‘Buy American and Hire American,’ a change to the H-1B visa regime is imminent,” said Vikram Shroff, leader of the human resources law practice at Nishith Desai Associates, an Indian law firm. While more Indian engineers and software developers are finding opportunities at home — some of the country’s top tech companies are run by people who returned to India after stints in Silicon Valley — many still covet the experience of working in the U.S. “America is an open culture in every sense,” Shravage said. You actually start working on real-time projects, which widen your horizons and make you a better professional.” Shravage said he would have to sharpen his skills, aware of U.S. critics who say the H-1B program doesn’t bring in highly qualified workers — just those willing to be paid less.

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