Shubra Singh's Saturday night dinner at a bar in Pittsburgh was ruined by the White House.

Her eight Indian friends at the table, all techies on H-1B visas, were glued to their phones as they tried to get more information about U.S President Donald Trump's latest move to raise fees for H-1B visa applications.

Their families were frantically sending "all kinds of articles on the H-1B situation", said Singh, an Indian biotech professional on work travel to the U.S., adding that the "anxiety was apparent."

About 71% and 11.7% of H-1B visa holders in the U.S are Indian and Chinese nationals, respectively. The Trump proclamation to increase H-1B visa fees to $100,000 mires their U.S. employment in uncertainty.

Relations between U.S. and India have been deteriorating for the last few months,

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