‘This definitely has woken me up’: Foreigners scheme to keep their H-1B visas as Trump throttles cheap labor pipeline

By Jason Hopkins, Daily Caller News Foundation

Temporary Indian workers sidelined by the Trump administration’s tighter vetting policies are organizing by the thousands to keep the pipeline of cheap, foreign labor flowing.

The State Department’s new social media vetting policies for foreigners, requiring a more thorough review of an each individual’s online activity, has resulted in mass H-1B renewal appointment cancellations, with new appointments rescheduled for months later. In response, tens of thousands of Indian nationals have taken to Reddit, launched WhatsApp and Telegram groups and spoken to media outlets in attempt to return to the U.S. or remain in the country longer.

Indian H-1B holders are bouncing ideas online, such as asking others still in the U.S. to cancel their own appointments in hopes of opening up resources for their compatriots stuck in India, organizing petitions to demand U.S. consulates open up more interview slots or changing visa categories entirely…

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