Indian-origin man slammed for opposing H-1B visas: 'We will welcome you to Kozhikode with open arms'

An Indian-origin antheral successful the US, Rohit Joy, was slammed connected X arsenic helium reacted to immoderate caller H-1B updates. In his opinion, each H-1B visas should expire and each H-1B visa holders should beryllium sent backmost to their location countries.

As his X bio says he's an Indian by blood, and an Oregonian by commencement and Texan by choice, the Republican protagonist drew backlash mostly from Indians who questioned him connected his sentiment -- immoderate adjacent suggested him to alteration his sanction arsenic it's evidently Indian. All of it started with immoderate of the Congressmen pushing for the home visa renewal programme for the H-1B. Under the existing rule, H-1B visa holders person to get their visa renewed from the US embassy of their ain state and it takes months.

Several Congressmen, including those of Indian root similar Ro Khanna, precocious wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to let the renewal successful the US lone redeeming clip for the companies that prosecute them arsenic well. Reacting to this push, the Indian-origin antheral denounced H-1B and said the programme has thing to bash with keeping America competitive. "Nope. All H-1B visas should expire, the programme should beryllium ended, and visa holders should beryllium sent backmost to their location countries.

It has thing to bash with keeping America competitive. Our large nationalist competitors don't bring successful ample fig of overseas workers," Rohit wrote. "Thanks Rohit, we volition invited you to Kozhikode with unfastened arms," 1 wrote.

"I won't beryllium going anywhere. I'm a US citizen," the Indian-origin antheral wrote. Social media users reminded him that present citizenship tin besides beryllium taken distant by the beardown migration policies of the Trump administration. "Yes, we volition portion you of your citizenship and nonstop you t...