An unsavoury spat broke out amongst the supporters of President-elect Donald Trump. The differences were simmering but boiled over in public on the issue of H1B visas, especially after Elon Musk vented on the social media platform X.
Annually, Indian techies corner three-quarters of these work visas. As a result, it is not surprising that India finds itself in the middle of this controversy.
Will the Indian American community then face a backlash? More importantly what is the fate of the H1B visa programme?
To answer all this and more, StratNews Global spoke to US-based Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Centre for Immigration Studies on Capital Calculus.
Anil Padmanabhan has been a journalist for the last 36 years. He has worked in various capacities in several publications including Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, Mint and was based in New York for India Today. He was a Nieman Fellow in 2001. He tweets at @capitalcalculus.
