Congress MP Shashi Tharoor analyzed the “assumptions” US President Donald Trump in deciding on the implementation of H-1B visa fee at $ 100,000 (probably £88 Lakh).
Trump’s administration increased the H1-B visa fee last week from thousands to $ 100,000 in an effort to protect jobs for American workers. In particular, the Indians and Chinese nationals dominate the US H1-B visa program. Trump’s step raised concerns about students who want to study and work in the US – to fulfill their “American dream”.
What did Shashi Tharoor say?
In an exclusive interview with WireShashi Tharoor said that if Trump wants to deny employment to Indians and other H-1B holders and give this job to the American people, then “requires America to have enough people to do all this work”.
However, it feels that America “does not have enough utilities and software professionals”.
Shashi Tharoor mentioned in an interview that the Indian “could come and do a job for $ 60,000 a year that an American would expect at least 80 or 85 years old, and therefore companies are trying Nikel and a ten American professional by hiring a foreigner.”
Note that we do not know that this assumption is true, “he said,” … American citizens in the country would be those who are gaining these jobs that will now be rejected to Indians and others. “
He also said that “for example, this assumption requires America to have an adequate people to do all this work.”
How could the new rule damage Trump
Tharoor said, “Because my understanding is that America does not have enough utilities and software experts, and all these other things that would do this kind of work, the net result of Mr. Trump’s decision is more likely that some of the jobs in the US will instead be outsourced into the fields of these companies in England and Ireland.
“Therefore, It turned out to be a bit of your own goal for Mr. Trump It seems to me that an intelligent analysis based on Washington and Silicon Valley, ”Tharoor said.
New H-1B visa: Why Trump has imposed a fee of $ 100,000
September 19 The White House issued an information certificate with details of the conditions under which the new H-1B visa fee is paid. The fact sheet has been divided into three sections: “protection of American jobs”, “fight against H-1B” and “priority of American workers”
The fact sheet claimed that the share of IT staff with H-1B visa increased from 32 percent in FY 2003 to more than 65 percent in recent years.
It also stressed that US companies release their American technology workers and seem to be replaced by H-1B staff. “One company was approved for 5,189 H-1B workers in FY 2025, while this year it released about 16,000 US employees,” she said.
“American IT workers were even allegedly forced to train their foreign compensation under the Agreement. The H-1B program creates a discouraging means for future American workers to choose a STEM career, threatening our national security,” he added.
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