High Tech companies are worried at the likely impact on availability of best brains

By T N Ashok

NEW YORK: India’s measured diplomatic response to Trump’s latest H-1B visa sledgehammer—a punitive $100,000 annual fee that effectively prices out most employers—carries the understated fury of a nation whose skilled professionals have been branded economic pariahs. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal’s words about “humanitarian consequences” and “disruptions” are diplomatic code for what should be plainly stated: America is shooting itself in the economic foot with a cannon.

The timing couldn’t be more telling. Just as global competition for talent reaches fever pitch, with countries like Canada, Australia, and the UK rolling out red carpets for skilled immigrants, Americ

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