“Shutting Out Talent, Giving Away the Future”, India Narrative, September 23, 2025:
“When President Trump signed the September 19 proclamation levying a $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions, the measure was framed as a defense of American jobs. But behind the populist optics lies a strategic miscalculation. The real loser here is not India—it’s the United States.
America’s scientific and economic rise has always been entwined with the inflow of global talent. From Einstein to the immigrant founders of nearly half the Fortune 500, the story of U.S. innovation is a story of openness. The H-1B program was a structured continuation of that tradition, allowing U.S. firms to pull in scarce skills in STEM fields. By suddenly attaching a six-figure toll to this pipeline, the U.S. is signaling to the world’s best and brightest that they are no longer welcome.
In a global economy where ideas flow as easily as capital, this message carries costs far greater than the fees themselves. Skilled workers, and the companies that rely on them, will simply relocate…..”
Read the full article at Indianarrative.com
