Bipartisan amid shutdown.

"With close to 70% of Indian students unable to secure admissions for the fall of 2025 intake - courtesy tighter visa norms and higher costs - many US universities are reporting nearly empty classrooms this semester." Some universities are exploring mid-year intakes. TOI. They may be valid students now but each and every one is a crypto-H-1B changeling, hoping to evolve into a permanent Green Card (wikipedia). A perfect example: Indian student Ananya Joshi completed her master's in Biotechnology at Northwestern University and then tried to hang on by joining an OPT program (uscis.gov). She was laid off and posted in tears, "America was my first home as a financially independent adult...I really appreciate the life you gave me. AMERICA, I LOVE YOU." TOI. "Financially independent", not a student. Why has President Donald Trump levied a $100,000 fee on employers for the H-1B visas? One reason is that Trump's loyal supporters, like Laura Loomer, are demanding it and "as tech companies have laid off tens of thousands of people since 2022 and the unemployment rate in computer fields has shot up, especially for recent graduates, the issue has moved to the foreground." There are about 2.3 million foreign software developers in the US. NYT. "The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating dozens of American workers' allegations that India's biggest IT outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., discriminated against them based on their, race, age and national origin." ET. Discriminating against Americans in their own country should be distasteful to an Indian company with memories of the British Raj in India still fresh (wikipedia). No wonder, "The top Republican and Democrat on the US Senate Judiciary Committee...reintroduced legislation to tighten rules on the H-1B and L-1 worker visa programs, targeting what they called loopholes and abuse by major employers." Reuters. Bipartisan support against H-1B at a time when Senators could not agree on a spending bill, resulting in a shutdown of the government, with thousands of federal workers forced to go on unpaid leave (BBC). But, it's not just the US. "Canada has recorded a steep decline in the number of Indian international students receiving study permits in 2025. According to data published by ICEF monitor, there has been a 50% year-over-year decrease in study permit approvals for Indian nationals." TOI.  Several Australian universities "have placed curbs on student visa applications from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir." TOI. China has launched a K visa to attract foreign professionals which was referred to as "China's H-1B" visa by an Indian media outlet. BBC. Seems suspicious of industrial espionage. We can be forgiven for enjoying a bit of schadenfreude. Vote for this government and then escape, leaving us to suffer the consequences. Come and join us in gaumutra.