Anecdotally, although I'm sure it's happening to more people.

I'm Brazilian, I work in the US on H1-B. I'm on vacations in Brazil with my wife and kids, one in school age.

I also came to renew my visa stamp, as I had my extension approved not long ago. My visa is valid from September 21st, so, same day as this proclamation takes effect. And I can't go back before that because my visa is not valid.

My flight was scheduled for tomorrow, and I would land in US by Sep 22nd. Of course, I rescheduled that to not lose my ticket.

I left food in the freezer, car in the garage, and my son is missing classes. And all my family's stuff in the house. Now, I have no idea what will happen, I can't go in to get my things. At least the company is giving support, and I couldn't be more thankful.

But the thing that makes me sadder is the blatant racism towards my Indian friends, reddit and x was swarmed by an army of people that was enabled to call them... whatever they want... It's a good time to be offline now.

The H1-B program has its problems, and I understand the whole frustration with the job market, but this is not they way to solve anything.

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pimlottc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Wow.

"On vacation" makes it sounds like workers were just off "having fun" (which of course is their right), but as your story illustrates, many immigrants are required to leave the US for their visa renewals. To be forced to leave the country and then be barred from return by an sudden change in the rules is the most unjust cruelty.

As an American, I'm deeply ashamed by this. I hope you and your family are able to return home soon. Thank you for sharing your story.

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gimmeThaBeet 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is what sticks with me the deepest.

With immigration are unquestionably tough decisions, tradeoffs, philosophies on the issue, and demographics in general. It gets heated, fast. I know I'm biased, but I wish trust had not degraded to such an extent you could believe people could deal with these topics in good faith.

But how can anyone support this kind of craven policymaking where uncertainty and cruelty are features and not bugs? Just shock and awe and deafening silence.

That's what's so dishearterning. Is that who we are now, or is this just a timely excuse to be who we always have?

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supertrope 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The President’s very first speech as a candidate denigrated Mexicans. Xenophobia is his signature issue even more so than tax cuts. 62 million Americans approved this platform in 2016 outvoting 65 million Americans who chose the other candidate.

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koolba an hour ago | parent [-]

77M chose his platform in 2024, and that’s after seeing him govern for four years, and talk for four years more after that.

America knows what it wanted and it got it.

	▲	supertrope an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes. As The NY Times phrased it, 2024 proved 2016 was not a fluke.

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hermitcrab an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The cruelty is the point, isn't it?

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yash1th 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

i did not know until today there is this much anti-immigrant and especially anti-indian sentiment in tech. idk, it was very eye opening and very sad to read those. i am telling myself that people who were posting those things are small in numbers.

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yibg 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not surprising really. There needs to be an enemy group, one that some portion of the supporting population has some grievance against. First it's hispanics (illegal immigrants taking your jobs), then trans (men in womens washrooms), then Indians (taking your tech jobs), then it'll be some other group.

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dotnet00 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There are also the Chinese (stealing your technology).

	▲	yibg 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Didn't mention that one because it was already used years ago. And also kung flu.

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habinero 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah. It's deeply stupid and so counterproductive. I hate it.

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wussboy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The government is not trying to solve anything. This is a ploy to generate uncertainty and obedience.

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Gud 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm sorry you have to go through this.