I don't care about this or that, Trump has dealt a blow to India's heart, this is going to kill Modi.
US President Trump officially signed an order to significantly increase the fees that companies pay for H-1B visa applicants to $100,000. This policy is nothing short of another blow to India's heart.
The H-1B visa has always been the lifeline of India's IT service industry, with about 70% of the quota going to Indian citizens each year.
This policy will surely severely damage India's $280 billion outsourcing industry.
This move itself is not specifically targeting India, but it aligns with Trump's immigration policy direction, essentially hitting all the boats at once, and most of the people on the boat are Indians.
The essence of the H-1B visa is not to give immigrants a green light, but to allow US companies to hire temporary technical workers to fill positions where local supply is insufficient.
India has built a vast human resource export-oriented IT "empire" based on this policy, with companies such as TCS, Infosys, and Wipro becoming global leaders in software outsourcing by deploying large numbers of Indian engineers in the United States.
For these companies, the H-1B visa is not just a channel, but also part of their business model.
Now, Trump has forced the application cost from a few thousand dollars to $100,000, which is equivalent to blocking the path for Indian companies to go to the US.
For the Modi government, the harshest part of this move is: it not only strikes India's strongest industrial pillar, but also undermines the foundation of the US-India relationship.
Since Modi came to power, he has invested a lot of diplomatic resources to build a strategic partnership with the Trump administration, appearing very close.
But the reality is that when the US acts, it shows no mercy, regardless of whether you are related or not, and it doesn't care about your life or death.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1844034152022148/
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