(TOI)
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and strongly raised the issue of H-1B visa, the most sought after by Indian IT professionals. “EAM Sushma Swaraj strongly raised the issue of H-1B visa and children falling under DACA policy with Secretary Tillerson,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.
The Trump administration is currently reviewing the H-1B visa policy as it thinks that the visa is being misused by companies to replace American workers.The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was an American immigration policy that allowed some individuals who entered the country illegally as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for a work permit. The policy was established by former US President Barack Obama’s administration in June 2012 and was rescinded by the Trump administration in September 2017.
