Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday had a telephonic conversation with Donald Trump, a week after his second inauguration as an US President, sources familiar with the case told NDTV.
Soon after Trump took over, PM Modi congratulated his “dear friend” and said that he wants to work together to New Delhi and Washington.
Trump started his second term last Monday with a hurry of executive tasks aimed at overhale the American immigration, and the H1-B visa allows companies to bring foreigners with specific qualifications to the United States.
India is one of the largest sources of legal migration in the United States, but thousands of Indians have also illegally entered the country by crossing Canada and Mexican borders.
India is ready to withdraw its illegal citizens in the United States, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said after meeting Trump’s inauguration after meeting US Secretary Marco Rubio in Washington on Tuesday.
“We want Indian talent and Indian skills to have maximum opportunities globally. Also, we are also strongly opposed to illegal dynamics and illegal stay,” Mr. Jaishankar answered a question on news reports on Wednesday Gave that India was working on the exile of around 18,000 Indians with the Trump administration, which is either unspecified, or they have abolished their visa.
“Therefore, with every country, and America is no exception, we have always considered that if any of our citizens are illegally here, and if we are sure that they are our citizens, then we always return to their legitimate return For India, they are open to India.
State Department spokesman Tami Bruce said in a readout after Tuesday’s meeting, “Mr. Rubio emphasized the desire of the Trump administration to work with India to carry forward economic relations and address irregular migration concerns. Was.
The most recent American census showed that its population of Indian origin had increased by 50 percent to 4.8 million by 2020, while in 2022, there were more than one -third of about 1.3 million Indian students studying abroad in the United States.
