President Donald Trump announced a major change to the H-1B visa programme. (File Photo)

Internet users on the forum 4chan attempted to block Indian workers from returning to the United States after President Donald Trump announced a major change to the H-1B visa programme, The Independent has reported.

The online prank, called “Operation Clog the Toilet,” involved users reserving flight seats between India and the US without completing payment. According to posts on the site, this temporarily held the seats and made tickets more expensive for real passengers.

“Indians are just waking up after the H-1B news. Want to keep them in India? Clog the flight reservation system!” one message on a related forum read, The Independent noted. Another user claimed: “I got 100 seats locked.”

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