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Why the H-1B visa backlash is a wake-up call for the Indian diaspora
The new political climate sweeping the West suggests they will be as much a target for populists and ethno-nationalists as other immigrant communities.
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The debate has exposed a deep divide in the Donald Trump coalition between allies like Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk.
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Mihir Sharma
Indians have long been proud of what they see as their outperformance in the information technology sector.
Companies such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services dominate IT-enabled services, bringing home billions of dollars in profits. US technology giants including Alphabet, Microsoft, and IBM have Indian-origin CEOs. India-trained engineers labour in the trenches of Silicon Valley and invisibly help Western companies adapt to the digital age.
