The Trump administration’s changes to the green card application process — which require immigrants to apply for permanent residency from outside the US — drew diplomatic blowback.
On a visit to New Delhi, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the policy, expected to be challenged in court, was “not targeted at India,” while India’s foreign minister emphasized New Delhi’s “expectation… that legal mobility would not be adversely impacted.”
An Indian tech founder and billionaire called for Indian workers in the US to consider returning home, adding that “self-respect should dictate your course.”
A US spokesperson told Semafor that high-skilled workers might not be affected, and that the agency “is merely restating and reasserting” its reading of congressional intent.