This Trump appointment may spell trouble for Indian techies
Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration. Confirming the appointment, Vice President-elect JD Vance posted a message of congratulations on Monday to Miller on X and said, This is another fantastic pick by the president.
Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving aides, dating back to his first campaign for the White House. He was a senior adviser in Trump’s first term and has been a central figure in many of his policy decisions, particularly on immigration, including Trump's move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018.
Miller's anti-H1-B visa stance
Despite the economic consensus that international students and high-skilled immigrants are a boon to America, the Trump administration took the opposite stance and tried, among other things, to break the link between international students and their ability to work in the U.S. after graduation, as per a Forbes report. In addition to restricting H-1B visas, administration officials “pursued policies to make it less appealing to study in the United States.”
H-1B visas are important because they generally represent the only practical way for high-skilled foreign nationals, including international students, to work long-term in the United States and have the chance to become employment-based immigrants and U.S. citizens.
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