Updated on: Aug 25, 2025 10:23 pm IST
The remarks come amid speculations that the H-1B visa system, which allows Indian engineers to work in the US, may be the next target of President Trump.
US senator Mike Lee has weighed in on the ongoing row over H1B visas, issued to skilled foreign workers, asking: “Is it time to pause H1-B visas?”
The Utah Senator made the remark in response to reports claiming Walmart accepting huge bribes to hire Indian tech workers while getting ‘rid of”‘ American tech works.
Lee’s remark comes days after Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right Republican congresswoman, suggested stopping issuing H1B visas to Indians, claiming they are “replacing American jobs”. The far-right Republican was responding to US President Donald Trump’s media post where he threatened to hike tariffs on Indian goods and services over purchase of Russian oil.
“End Indian H-1B visas to replace American jobs and stop sending money and weapons to the Obama/Biden/Neocon Ukraine Russia war,” Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X.
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The recent remarks calling for curbs on H1B work visas come amid speculations that the visa system, which allows Indian IT engineers to pursue careers in the US, may be the next target of Trump.
Recently, Trump’s Make America Great Again Supporters (MAGA) have been spearheading a digital campaign against foreign workers, especially Indian nationals, claiming that they deprive American workers of their jobs amid widespread layoffs.
Indian nationals account for a majority of the H1B visas (over 70%), while the Chinese come second with around 12%.
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