With trump announcement very mixed reaction and quiet backlash statement on H1-B visa

The current bill on H-1Bvisa and Trump administration announcement as to deportation of techie has already started new chapter as any move to stop the facility for extension of h-1bvisa by trump administration in US could lead to legal challenges says industry experts and immigration lawyers. It is related to American tech industry as much to Indian IT firm, American tech firms likely to get affected with it such as Google, IBM, NASSCOM and so. However, this firm major hiring employs are H-1Bvisa some of whom have been waiting for Green Cards for over decade as they serving in US tech giants. These companies may file suit against the US government to protect their employees most of whom are mid-level or senior managers.

Mukesh Aghi, president of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum, said the reported proposals are currently just rumors and there has been no official rule. “While we support jobs growth in the US, the current process of tightening H-1B is discriminatory and does have an impact on the broader relationship between India and the US.”

On Tuesday, US news agency McClatchy reported that a proposal from the Department of Homeland Security seeks to prevent foreign workers from receiving extension to H-1B visas while their Green Card applications are pending.

Influential Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said: “Imposing these draconian restrictions on H-1B visa holders will tear families apart, drain our society of talent and expertise, and damage our relationship with an important partner, India.

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said while priority must continue to be improving advanced training for domestic workforce, ending H-1B visa extensions would kneecap American economy and encourage companies to further offshore jobs, instead of making those investments here. “I hope the administration immediately rejects this proposal,” he said.

Congressman Ro Khanna said the proposal was “anti- immigrant”. “My parents came here on green cards. So did @sundarpichai, @elonmusk, @satyanadella. Trump is saying to immigrants and their kids we don’t have a place in America. It’s not just wrong. It’s dumb. Mr. President, would America really be greater without us?” he asked in a tweet.

According to Aman Kapoor of Immigration Voice, H-1B extension change would be just wrong at every level.

“It will be a catastrophe of epic proportion for Indian- American community leading to mass exodus of close to 1.5 million people (around 750,000 primary applicants on H-1B visa and another 750,000+ spouses and children),” he said

Tsion Chudnovsky, an immigration and business lawyer in California said: “Given the dramatic effect this proposal could have on the Technology industry, it doesn’t seem likely it could garner enough support to be enacted as stated.” As economic times.

Shivendra Singh, vice-president of Indian IT lobby group Nasscom, said this is the latest in the list of proposals to “impose more onerous restrictions on the H-1B visa programme.

Over the past year, the $150-billion Indian IT industry has felt the impact of tightening visa regime in the US. While the scrutiny of applications has become more intense and rejection rates have risen, several Bills have also been introduced that put new restrictions on the H-1B visa programme. Last month, the US reversed an Obama-era decision to allow spouses of H-1B visa holders awaiting Green Cards to work in the US. The Trump regime has also stated its intention to revisit the lottery system of allotting visas and define special categories where H-1B visas should be allowed. Google and IBM had not replied to A Bill, titled The Protect and Grow American Jobs Act (termed as HR 170), that was passed by the House Judiciary Committee and is awaiting nod from the US Senate is another major cause for concern.

The HR 170 Bill classifies any company that has more 15% of its workforce working onsite as “visa dependent”. These companies have to necessarily increase the minimum salary for H-1B visa holders from $60,000 to $90,000 and are forbidden from moving employees on visa from one client to have to certify that the visaholder is not displacing an existing employee for the entire tenure, which could be six years.

Nasscom has termed these provisions “onerous” and is taking up the issue with higher authorities in India and the US said the R Chandrasekhar, President, National Association for Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) told PTI.

The proposal which is being shared between the Department of Homeland Security Department (DHS) heads is part of Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” initiative promised during the 2016 campaign. It aims to impose new restrictions to prevent abuse and misuse of H-1B visas, besides ending the provision of granting an extension for those who already have a green card, which will affect around 500,000 workers. Reacting to this, Anand Mahindra, Chairman Mahindra Group, took Twitter to express his “welcome” message for “skilled” workers who may have to come back if the change in the H-1B rules is applied. He wrote: “If that happens, then I say ‘Swagatam, Welcome Home.’ You’re coming back in time to help India Rise…”

If that happens, then I say ‘Swagatam, Welcome Home.’ You’re coming back in time to help India Rise… https://t.co/HD2rhHRxJq

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 3, 2018

Anand Mahindra is one of those active Indian businessmen of India, who do not feel shy from expressing his thoughts. The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China as per economic times and times news.