The H-1B visa update has left many foreign workers and employers on edge. The employers will now have to pay a $100,000 (around Rs 88 lakh) fee for each H1B visa worker they hire. The move, announced by President Donald Trump, only to new, prospective petitions that have not yet been filed.
It has sparked questions about the future of skilled migration. Amid this, a post has surfaced online that questions whether migrants are truly the ones driving a nation’s growth.
‘Migrants Didn’t Make America Great’
Shared on X (formerly Twitter), the post draws a parallel between America and Bengaluru to question the common narrative about migration and its contribution to the economy.
“Migrants didn’t make America great. America was already great, which is why migrants moved there in search of a