H1B visa programme faces onslaught

At least half a dozen Bills have been tabled contending that firms eats into American jobs

With the Trump administration seriously mulling H1B visa reforms, at least half a dozen Bills have been tabled in the US House of Representatives and the Senate, contending that the programme that is popular among Indian information technology (IT) firms eats into American jobs.

Authors of all these Bills from both the Republican and the Democratic parties believe that H1B work visas, which are highly popular among Indian techies and Indian IT companies, tend to replace American workers.

Even though this argument is disputed by research scholars, economists and Silicon Valley executives, these legislations are based on the premise that Indian techies