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Two things keep coming up on this platform wrt Indian immigration to the US: (1) All the H1B visas go to Indians (2) Indians don't assimilate Reality check: (1) H1B visas are dual intent. Folks from most other nations use H1B visas for a short period, and transition to permanent green card, and eventually citizenship. Indians, on the other hand, have to keep using and renewing their H1B visas because regardless of skills, education, income, they are subject to per-country caps in the green card process. Data shows the share of the new/initial H1B visas "going to Indians" is actually on the decline. Latest FY2025 data puts it at ~50%. Expect FY2026 to dip further with the wage level based lottery, and the potential $103k (or equivalent) fee in the works, as that would primarily impact the body shops/3rd party contracting firms (as it should). (2) It follows from the above, that there are people who actively want to make the United States their permanent home, work legally, buy homes, raise families here, become permanent residents and eventually citizens, yet spend 10, 15, 20+ years in temporary status despite following the legal process. So perhaps a better question is: What does decades of legal limbo do to assimilation and a sense of belonging? How fully can someone feel that they belong when they have done everything the system asked of them, yet permanent membership in that society remains indefinitely out of reach? P.S. None of this is an argument for tolerating fraud, abuse, fake jobs or misuse of the H1B program. Those should be addressed on their merits. It is an argument for distinguishing abuse from people who are following the legal process exactly as written.

People like @SanDiegoKnight will post Q3 H1B LCA snapshot as ragebait without telling you the full story. Here’s what they leave out: - Q3 is always the peak filing quarter because of the H-1B cap cycle - Also, FY26 Q1–Q3 applications are down 8.8% vs FY25, consistent with a softer hiring market - And ofcourse, LCA covers multiple positions, as well as renewals & extensions, so application counts alone do not equal actual workers Sad that @RonDeSantis reposts such accounts/posts

if you talk about h1b slaves and don't talk about country caps in greencard that enable that servitude, then you are the problem

Thanks to the H1B program. teapaw.org/heyshrutimishra/status…

Indians are highly selected yes, but also shackled by per-country caps in the skilled immigration pathway and forced to wait 10-15 years before they can truly have the freedom to pursue entrepreneurship. Rather than a total immigrant population (which includes temporary visas, student visas and even undocumented), a reasonable estimate would be to look at the principal workers in the employment green card category (almost half of employment green cards go to spouses & kids, especially for those from backlogged countries) The numbers then make a lot more sense. India moves into the top tier when you use a denominator closer to people who could actually found companies.

Impact of discriminatory per-country caps Same education/skills Same eligibility requirements Same immigration category Same agencies doing the vetting Born in India: petition approved 13 YEARS AGO --> greencard on hold Born elsewhere: petition approved YESTERDAY --> greencard on fast track

Blast from the past dailycaller.com/2018/08/13/i…

How the tables have turned. The same immigrant "students" who worked in cahoots with anti-immigrants & often outright racists to spread all sorts of lies & misinformation about a bill to remove national origin discrimination, are currently faced with the same discrimination. That country of birth is an immutable characteristic, will hopefully not be lost on them now. #USCISpause