Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said Trump administration's crackdown on immigration has “threatened” people-to-people ties between India and US.

US lawmakers have warned that President Donald Trump-led administration's decisions to impose 50 per cent tariffs on India and the hiked fee on H1B visas “hurt” American businesses.

Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, during the House Foreign Affairs South and Central Asia Subcommittee hearing, said the tariffs announced by Trump “are…hurting American businesses and consumers”, PTI news agency reported.

Jayapal further spoke on the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, saying it has “threatened” people-to-people ties between India and US. Jayapal said these measures are “shutting down legal pathways to immigrate.”

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