DIGITAL NOMAD

PLACE OF BIRTH IS NOT A CHOICE

More than 5.1 million Americans from India currently live in the United States.

Silicon Valley tech giants employ around 65,000 workers on H1B visas, with people coming from India having the highest number, about 515,000 in 2025.

Not surprisingly, therefore, Indian Americans have made major contributions to the U.S. economy including to USB high-speed cable, computer technology, Covaxin for Covid 19, the Mars mission, atomic research, satellites, missiles, gene therapy, wind power, and medical care. Satya Nadella of Microsoft, and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, moved to the United States on the H-1B visa program, as did Indra Nooyi, who ran PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.

Indian contributions are not just technological. They are estimated to contribute about 300 billion annually in U.S. income tax (about 6% of all income tax in the U.S.) And Indian-American leadership of Fortune 500 companies generates nearly 1 trillion dollars in revenue each year.

However, in 2025, the U.S. government has revoked visas and green cards from more than 15,000 Indians, many of whom have been deported. Some of these deportees have been handcuffed, ankle-chained, and flown back to India in US military planes on 18-hour flights.

Despite the benefits of Indian immigrants, since September 19, 2025, Trump has deterred their immigration by signing an executive order imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas. Since then, Germany, China, and Canada have been quick to offer incentives for immigration.