Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Dashes Indian Workers’ American Dreams
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President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa fee has sent shockwaves through India’s workforce, which makes up roughly 70% of recipients.
On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha and Bloomberg’s Sankalp Phartiyal unpack how the policy could disrupt careers, reshape global talent flows and shatter the American dream for tens of thousands of workers.
Read more: Why Trump Is Charging a $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas
Trump’s $100,000 Visa Targets a $280 Billion India Success Story
Further listening: India Won’t Stop Buying Russian Oil. Now It’s Paying the Price.
Watch, from Originals: How an Army of Middlemen Game the US Work Visa System
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