H-1B Fiasco: What Telangana Leader Said?

The ongoing situation regarding the H1B visa policy in the United States is becoming a topic of discussion all over and it is now the turn of Telangana leader Asaduddin Owaisi to have his say on this matter.

In his latest statement regarding this issue, Asaduddin Owaisi made a very interesting comment as he specifically pointed out the kind of fact that this new policy will have on the Indian population.

According to Owaisi, Trump has essentially ended the #H1Bvisa system. Indians, and especially people from Telangana and Andhra were its biggest beneficiaries. How will this affect India and what does it say about Indian foreign policy, here’s what he said.

71–72% of all H1B visas go to Indians. Within India, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh dominate the H1B ecosystem. The average annual salary for Indian H1B holders is ~$120,000 primarily in the tech industry.

For families back home, these salaries translate into a source of income, contributing significantly to India’s $125 billion remittance inflow. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana account for 37% of Indian NRI deposits. A major source of intergenerational mobility has been closed.

We should see this along with other things that the US has done to India recently. The enormous tariffs, the Pakistan-US trade agreement, the Pakistan-Saudi agreement (could not have happened without US’s blessings) and overall India’s vulnerable position in the world. We are in a hostile neighbourhood and increasingly isolated on the global stage, Owaisi concluded.