H -1B visas, long -standing a career in the United States, is considered an ideal route for IT engineers, facing fresh enmity. At a time when US President Donald Trump is running a gun for India with his steep tariffs, and there is a tension in Indo-American relations, his support in the US has launched a campaign against Indians already working in the US. As part of the matter, Maga (Make America Great Again) is taking an objective at the crowd H-1B visa program that allows thousands of skilled Indian IT engineers to go to America every year for work.

This development falls in a delicate stage in Indo-US relations, with Donald Trump’s colleagues openly questioned why American firms continued to trust foreign workers, even large-scale trimmed technology sector.

While the American right -wing and conservatives are not new to whispering against H -1B visas, intensity has increased in the last few weeks, especially when Trump slapped Tariff and accused India of helping Russians in his war against Ukraine.

One of the most prominent voices to start an online campaign against H -1B visa is a politician Marjori Taylor Green. Citing Trump, he announced a tariff against India, Green wrote on his X account on August 4: “The end of the Indian H1-B visa, replace American jobs and funding instead of the Indian H1-B visa and sending arms and sending weapons to the Obama/Biden/Neocon Ukraine Russia War.”

It is as if Tariff has given a fresh inspiration to the crowd on this subject against India. The right -wing affected in the US is now talking rapidly and openly against Indian IT engineers. They are demanding that the H-1B visa should either be modified to prevent Indians or scrape completely.

One such person, Peter Saint Onga, recently wrote: “The H1B program was sold as bringing talent from Tokyo and Munich. Instead, we got millions of discounts coders, while Americans could not get a job to learn for * * * code.”

Another account-right angle news network-Ne wrote on August 14 that someone created a website, where American H-1B can check the vacancies marked for workers and then apply there. The account states, “A website has been created that allows American citizens to see the job listing only to see H -1B workers, and each time an American is applicable, it prevents a foreigner from getting a job. Do some damage.”

These are some examples of thousands of similar messages that have come online against the H -1B visa program in the last 20 days. The conversation is also fuel by some measures that the Trump administration is already considering to limit the scope of H-1B visa.

Lottery Out, Wages?

Earlier this month, US authorities gave details of a proposal. The proposal, prepared by the US citizenship and immigration services (USCIS), suggests that H-1B is to replace the current lottery system with a wage-based selection process for the applicants. Change means preference for high-paying positions, potentially closing fresh graduates and entry-level professionals, many of which come from India on relatively minor packages.

The proposal comes in the middle of a conversation that the Maga is pushing the crowd, which is for Americans first. Steve Bannon, an influential podcaster and former Trump advisor, recently said, “I don’t think you should have any foreign student in the country right now. There is no H1B visa. Instead of stapling the green card for their diploma, a drain visa.

US Vice President JD Vance has also weighed the issue. Last month, he accused Microsoft of misleading Americans on the availability of talent. “We want the best and talented to make America our home. But I do not want companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then go and say,” We cannot find workers here in America. ” This is a bull ** t story, “he allegedly said.

Regulators also appear. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently warned companies in favor of foreign workers on American citizens. Acting Chairman Andrea Lucas was categorized: “Unlawful prejudice against American workers, in violation of title VII, many nationwide industries have a massive problem. The law applies to you, and you are not above the law.”

For India, bets can hardly be high. Around 207,000 H -1B visa went to Indian citizens in FY 2024, reflecting the dependence of the country’s technical workforce in the program. Any change in rules or worse, a restriction can increase career prospects for thousands and stress the foundation of Indo-American cooperation in the technology sector.