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Trump's H-1B visa tweak: Silicon Valley will suffer along with Indian IT

The US has a shortage of over a million computer science engineers and there are not enough graduates taking up computer science courses to fill the gap

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Raghu Krishnan Bengaluru
Over half a million Indian workers who have renewed their H-1B visas are expected to see their lives toppled if the US government goes ahead with the proposal to return them to their country. 

Many of them have aspired for a US citizenship, lining up for a Green Card that grants them that status. It is not just their lives but even plans of several US technology firms that will be affected as they would struggle to find resources to build their companies.

The US has a shortage of over a million computer science engineers and there are not enough graduates taking