US green card crackdown clouds Indian tech workers' dream

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCNA in Asia reports US immigration policies aimed at green card holders are creating real uncertainty for Indian tech workers hoping to stay permanently.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentJoining me is Bartholomew Quillfeather, head of the Federated Visa Pending Bureau.

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   Bartholomew QuillfeatherThanks, Kenji. Let me be clear: nobody is waiting. They are experiencing a pre-approval journey. Some journeys are just very long and have no map.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPer CNA, workers are unsure about their future. Is it fair to say your journey is a group chat where nobody ever replies?

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   Bartholomew QuillfeatherKenji, we reply constantly. Our auto-response says, quote, your call is important to us.

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   Bartholomew QuillfeatherWe have said it to the same people for years. It's a tradition.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's not a tradition, that's a hostage situation with hold music.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhat do you tell someone who built an app for this country and still can't plan a vacation?

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   Bartholomew QuillfeatherI tell them to embrace the uncertainty. I personally have not known what day it is since twenty nineteen, and I feel fantastic.

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    Bartholomew QuillfeatherAlso, my desk is a lamp.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWow. Bartholomew, we have to leave it there, before you tell me the lamp is also processing applications.