Amitav Acharya

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Interesting Times · The Future Is Indian · 19 Feb 2026 podcast

So I think...

Maybe they don't realize it, but that perception remains.

And also, maybe getting into some controversial issues here, but the H-1B visa, it's partly how American companies recruited them.

You have over 60% until recently of H-1B visas.

This obviously creates a perception.

I mean, that's a huge number.

And even though they're all qualified, that number, when it gets into the public domain, people probably did not know about it.

Now it's out in the open.

They think, why should any particular ethnic group have dominated, have a hugely disproportionate share of the visas?

So this was partly a kind of expected reaction, especially at a time when populism is growing in the U.S.

You have the base.

People are thinking that, I mean, I can tell you that the Indian diaspora that gets H-1B visa is not taking any jobs from the kind of support base of President Trump.

I think these are completely different levels of skill, but certainly it creates the perception

of one ethnic group benefiting from the American largest say at the expense of Americans.

And I think that it can be addressed.

And I think maybe some reform there could be useful.

There are other ways for Indians to come in.

I mean, not all Indians initially when they came to the US came on H-1B visa.

People forget that narrative.

Everything focuses on the Silicon Valley, H-1B,

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