President Trump signed a “Buy American, Hire American” executive order on Tuesday, promising to protect U.S. workers by overhauling the H-1B visa program that is used mainly by Indian engineers and developers.
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Indian workers receive more than 70% of all H-1B visas, which are initially valid for three years. U.S. government data shows that nearly 127,000 were granted to Indian applicants last year.
A majority of them work in the tech sector, some for some firms, others for Indian outsourcing companies such as Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys who provide services for huge swathes of corporate America.
Trump and other critics of the program say it is abused by Indian firms, who they claim flood the visa lottery with applications and then send workers to the U.S. on salaries that undercut their American counterparts. In fact, India says its $150 billion tech industry actually creates American jobs.
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“We continue to invest in the local communities in which we operate, including hiring local American top talent, bringing education and training to our clients to shrink the skills gap in the U.S.,” Infosys said in a statement.
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